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La Vertu au Cabaret
Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)
French
1768
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.5 × 19.8 cm (10 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK4548
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hédou 174
Marks
Verso, in violet, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, in manuscript, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1581)
Verso, in manuscript, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower right, in plate: Le Prince 1768
Lower center: in plate: La Vertu au Cabaret
Verso, in black ink: S. R. Koehler
Verso, in graphite: Le Prince
Verso, lower left, in graphite: Drinking. / Love.
Vero, lower right, in graphite: H 174
Lower center: in plate: La Vertu au Cabaret
Verso, in black ink: S. R. Koehler
Verso, in graphite: Le Prince
Verso, lower left, in graphite: Drinking. / Love.
Vero, lower right, in graphite: H 174
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.