Laocoön and His Sons

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Laocoön and His Sons

PortfolioPlate 17 from the series "Signorum Veterum Icones"

Datec 1672- c 1689

MediumEtching

DimensionsPlate: 231 × 181 mm. (9 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 236 × 193 mm. (9 5/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

Credit LineGarrett Collection

Object number1946.112.568

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