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La Ste.Vierge accompagnée de plusieurs Saints (Virgin and several saints)
French
18th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 50 × 30.8 cm (19 11/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 41.6 × 24.2 cm (16 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 41.6 × 24.2 cm (16 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK46
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc 09;
DescriptionPrinted from etched plate and wood-blocks. Duplicate of 63.679
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in blue ink, the collector's mark of Heinrich Buttstaedt (Lugt 318)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: La Ste. Vierge accompagnée de plusieurs Saints.
Lower center, in plate: Dessein de Pierre de Pietri, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr. Crozai. / Gravé à l'éau forte par Mr. le C... de C., et en bois sous sa conduite par Nicolas le Sueur.
Lower right, in plate: 135 / 121
Lower center, in plate: Dessein de Pierre de Pietri, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr. Crozai. / Gravé à l'éau forte par Mr. le C... de C., et en bois sous sa conduite par Nicolas le Sueur.
Lower right, in plate: 135 / 121
ProvenanceHeinrich Buttstaedt (d. 1876 or later; Lugt 318), Gotha and Berlin. By 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1581), 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.