Graphite; verso: pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 inches (43.8 x 30.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "374"; lower left: "374"; lower center: "374 [...]"; lower right: "65"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.13
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
boys | nudes | strangling | father | man | figure study | Laocoon and his twin sons are strangled by two serpents during the preparations for a sacrifice | Greek | sons | hero | Classical | sculpture | religious and mythological subject | twins | snakes | Grand Tour | legend
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30)
Publications:
Sarah Symmons, Forcible Sentiments and Ancient Tales : Flaxman , Romney and the Sharing of Inspiration, Transactions of the Romney Society, vol. 6, 2001, p. 3, NJ18 R65 T7 2001 (YCBA)