Plinth from Laookoon
- Title:
- Plinth from Laookoon
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Hagesandros, Athanadoros, Polydoros of Rhodes
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
probably first half of the 1st c. CE (Roman)
perhaps after mid 2nd c. BCE original (Hellenistic Greek)
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Esquiline Hill, Rome, Italy (discovery site, 1506) (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Esquiline Hill, Rome, Italy (discovery site, 1506) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0468
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 340
468 - File Name:
- CCC_0468.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 184 (H) cm (complete statue)
- Culture:
- Roman, perhaps after Hellenistic Greek
- Style/Period:
- Roman Imperial, inspired by Hellenistic Baroque
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Laocoon (Greek mythology)
Trojan War - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- two pieces: 76 x 50 (maximum) x 9 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
41 x 24 x 9 (centimeters, height x width x diameter) - Description:
- Plinth fragment confusing from measurements section: 76L x 50W (max) x 9 thickness cm, 41 x 24 x 9 thick cm. [ALM 10/13/15]
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
nos. 1059, 1064, 1067 - Bibliography:
- J. J. Pollitt, Art in the Hellenistic Age (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986), 120-126
Seymour Howard, "On the Reconstruction of the Vatican Laocoon Group," AJA 63 (1959), 365-369
Seymour Howard, "Laocoon Rerestored," AJA 93 (1989), 417-422 - Related Work:
- Catalogued fragments of the Laokoon: ID nos. 164, 164a, 306 (possibly), 372, 468.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Rome, Vatican Museums (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.