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The Laocoön Group as Monkeys

(Italian, about 1500–after 1566)
(Italian (Venetian), about 1488–1576)
mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut
DimensionsSheet: 26.8 x 39.5 cm (10 9/16 x 15 9/16 in.)(trimmed to, or into, the borderline)
Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession number21.10819
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAdalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (b. 1836 - d. 1909), Prague. Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1849 - d. 1910), Boston; by inheritance to his children, Mary Farwell (neé Ayer) Rousmanière (b. 1878 - d. 1935), NY, NY, Nathaniel Farwell Ayer (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Boston, Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1882 - d. 1963), Boston, and Elizabeth (neé Ayer) Inches (b. 1891 - d. ?); December 31, 1921, their gift to the MFA.
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