The Laocoon in the Vatican Museum, 1875

Title

The Laocoon in the Vatican Museum

Photographer

• Adolphe Braun

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• documentary photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Carbon

Material

• pigment
• gelatin
• paper

Technique

• carbon print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Handschriftlich: Roma - Vaticano - Belvedere - Laocoon

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet recto oben rechts auf dem Trägerkarton: Handschriftlich: 410

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, property of the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Main Motif

• group of people
• Laocoon
• Antiphas
• Thymbraeus

Persons Shown

• Laocoon
• Antiphantes
• Thymbraeus

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Sophocles
• Virgil
• Apollo
• Poseidon

Medial Picture Elements

• Hagesandros, Polydoros und Athanadoros: Laokoon-Gruppe, zweite Hälfte des 1. Jh. v. Chr. oder Anfang des 1. Jh. n. Chr., Vatikanische Museen, Vatikanstadt, Rom

Associated Source

• Sophocles: Laokoon, griechische Tragödie, 5. Jh. v. Chr.
• Vergil: Aeneis, Epos, 1. Jh. v. Chr.

Primary

• 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History
• 94H213 Laocoon and his twin sons are strangled by two serpents during the preparations for a sacrifice
• 31D14 adult man
• 58B22 Struggle for Life

Secondary

• 25F42 snakes
• 48C24 piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture
• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)