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Two pifferari before a shrine.
Italian
1852
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 46.3 × 31.8 cm (18 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 30.3 × 22.5 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 30.3 × 22.5 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK854
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower right: J. G. Chapman fecit, Roma. 1852.
Lower center: Roma: presso Giuseppe Spithöver, Piazza di Spagna N:55
Verso lower left, in ink, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler): S.R. Koehler
Lower center: Roma: presso Giuseppe Spithöver, Piazza di Spagna N:55
Verso lower left, in ink, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler): S.R. Koehler
ProvenanceBy 1898, gift of Charles Henry Hart (b. 1847 - d. 1918), Philadelphia to Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; cf. 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.