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The Laocoön Group as Monkeys
Attributed to: Niccolo Boldrini (Italian, about 1500–after 1566)
After: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian (Venetian), about 1488–1576)
After: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian (Venetian), about 1488–1576)
mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.8 x 39.5 cm (10 9/16 x 15 9/16 in.)(trimmed to, or into, the borderline)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10819
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Passavant VI, 243, 97
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (1836-1909)(Lugt 2773); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
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.