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L'Empereur Henry IV aux pieds du Pape Gregoire VII
Emperor Henry IV at the Feet of Pope Gregory VII
L'Empereur Henry IV aux pieds du Pape Gregoire VII
French
18th century
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 45 × 22.7 cm (17 11/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 44.1 × 21.6 cm (17 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 44.1 × 21.6 cm (17 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK44
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc 30; Nagler 29
DescriptionPrinted from etched plate and wood-blocks
Marks
Verso, center left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, lower left, stamped in blue ink, the collector's mark of Heinrich Buttstaedt (Lugt 3722)
Verso, lower left, stamped in blue ink, the collector's mark of Heinrich Buttstaedt (Lugt 3722)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: l'Empereaur Henry IV aux pieds du Pape Gregoire VII.
Lower center, in plate: Dessein de Frederic Zuccari, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr. Crozai. / Gravé á l'eau forte par Mr. le C... de C... et en bois sous sa conduite par Nicolas le Sueur.
Lower right, in plate: 90
Verso, lower right, in violet ink: 3795.
Lower center, in plate: Dessein de Frederic Zuccari, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr. Crozai. / Gravé á l'eau forte par Mr. le C... de C... et en bois sous sa conduite par Nicolas le Sueur.
Lower right, in plate: 90
Verso, lower right, in violet ink: 3795.
ProvenanceHeinrich Buttstaedt (d. 1876 or later; Lugt 3722), 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.