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[Three monkeys strangled by a sanke. Satire on the Laocoon"]" – Historic Reproduction

[Three monkeys strangled by a sanke. Satire on the Laocoon"]", [15--] — historic print
[Three monkeys strangled by a sanke. Satire on the Laocoon"]", [15--]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic print captures [Three monkeys strangled by a sanke. Satire on the Laocoon"]" in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Three monkeys take the place of the priest and his sons in this parody, struggling in the coils of a serpent as the marble figures do in the original. The print satirizes the Laocoon group, the ancient sculpture unearthed in Rome in 1506 that became a touchstone for Renaissance artists. Niccolò Boldrini cut it as a chiaroscuro woodcut after a design by Titian, using several blocks to build shaded tones alongside the outlines. The sheet's vertical fold at the center and its Le Blanc catalog number mark it as a documented impression from the Bradley Collection.

Created / published[15--]
Medium1 print : chiaroscuro woodcut.
SubjectsChiaroscuro woodcut by N. Boldrini after Ti- Vecelli. Le Blanc 26. Coll. mark of Bradley Collection on verso. Folded vertically in center. Bradley Collection. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - ALLEGORY. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Laocoon Group; Snakes; Animals--Apes; Allegory; Satire; Art Work. I. Ti- Vecelli, 1477-1576.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,046 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156253

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