Head from Laocoon Group

INV-1516

n.d.

chalkdrawings (visual works)

Date

n.d.

Medium

Black and white chalk, on blue laid paper

Dimensions

34.8 × 26.5 cm (13 3/4 × 10 7/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Silvio Del Chicca

Also notable

Works in the same vein

Apotheosis of Hercules (recto); Sketches of Horse's Head, Horse's Forequarters, and Altarpiece or Ciborium (verso)

possibly Anton Domenico Gabbiani (Italian, 1652-1726) or Ciro Ferri (Italian, 1634-1689) or possibly after Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669)

Blessed Ascending to Heaven

Attributed to Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610-1662) or Anton Domenico Gabbiani (Italian, 1652-1726)

Apollo and the Muses

Possibly Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546-1611) or Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754) or Giacomo del Po (Italian, 1652-1726)