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Battle Scene
Johann [Hans] Sibmacher (German, died in 1611)
after 1595
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 17.8 x 26.9 cm (7 x 10 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.5 x 36 cm (11 1/4 x 14 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.5 x 36 cm (11 1/4 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK4244
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein [?]
Signed
not signed
Marks
watermark [unidentified]; recto, in lower margin, in graphite: [?]; 10-; verso, collector's stamp in purple: S.R.KOEHLER. [Sylvester Rosa Koehler; Lugt 1580]; Koehler MFA stamp, in purple, with accession number in ink: 4244; in graphite: No: 8; Hist./Warfare.; J. Sibmacher. Collection History. Turkish War late/16 Century/[?]
Inscriptionsin plate, along lower edge: Schlacht zwischen dem Fursten Von Siebenburg Vnnd Sinan Basse mit Eroberung Tergouist vu Bogerist vnnd Hirgro Den 22 . october Anno . 15.95.; [several other annotations and numbers within image]
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first curator of prints at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first curator of prints at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.