
Study for Head of Laocoon
Andrea AppianiWW-1774-535129
1774·Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove board·23.3 × 20.4 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1774
- Dimensions
- 23.3 × 20.4 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Andrea Appiani
Artist

Andrea Appiani
Painting
Andrea Appiani was an Italian neoclassical painter. He is known as "the elder", to distinguish him from his great-nephew Andrea Appiani, a historical painter in Rome.
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Portrait of a Musician
1795 · oil on wood
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Study for the Portrait of General Desaix
1795 · Black and white chalk on blue paper
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Odysseus and Eurycleia
1774 · Black and white chalk with stumping on tan laid paper
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The Muses Thalia and Erato
1754 · Black chalk; squared in black chalk
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Record
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- Andrea Appiani
- Year
- 1774
- Dimensions
- 23.3 × 20.4 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1774-535129
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified



