Art, literature & history
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
The Animal Laocöon
1796
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching on wove paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 3/8 in. (50.5 × 39 cm) plate: 19 7/8 × 15 3/8 in. (50.5 × 39 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2008.56.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
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Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Animal Laocöon — Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. 1796.
Medium: etching on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 3/8 in. (50.5 × 39 cm) plate: 19 7/8 × 15 3/8 in. (50.5 × 39 cm).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2008.56.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.