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Friedrichs des Grossen Tafelrunde in Sanssouci
Frederick the Great's Round Table in Sanssouci
Friedrichs des Grossen Tafelrunde in Sanssouci
German
1879
Medium/Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.6 × 23.8 cm (13 1/4 × 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK5722
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionIllustration from Johannes Scherr, Germania: Zwei Jahrtausende deutschen Lebens kulturgeschichtlich geschildert, W. Spemann, Stuttgart, 1878. Published in Die Graphischen Künste 1, 1879.
Signed
Lower left, in image: A. Menzel 78
Lower right, in image: A. Vogel sc.
Lower right, in image: A. Vogel sc.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower center, in letterpress: Friedrichs des Grossen Tafelrunde in Sanssouci / aus J. Scherr's "Germania" (W. Spemann, Stuttgart).
Verso, lower right, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: S. R. Koehler
Verso, lower right, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: S. R. Koehler
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 Print Curator 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 Print Curator 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.