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The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist in the Clouds

In the manner of: Raffaello Schiaminossi (Italian, 1572–1622)
late 16th–early 17th century

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 13.5 x 10.5 cm (5 5/16 x 4 1/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2171
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Verso, center, in pen and black ink, "S.R.K. / From A.C. Whipple. / In exchange. / 1889."; verso, upper center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900)(Lugt 1580); verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
ProvenanceBy 1889, Henry C. Whipple (b. 1823 - d. 1903), Philadelphia; 1886, gift (by exchange) of Whipple to Sylvester Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, MA, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)

NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900.