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Ernst Keil
Adolf Neumann (German, 1825 – 1884)
After: Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Hugo Höffert (German, 1832 – 1901)
Printer: August Neumann (German, born before 1860, died 1908)
After: Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Hugo Höffert (German, 1832 – 1901)
Printer: August Neumann (German, born before 1860, died 1908)
German
1878
Medium/Technique
Wood engraving (letterpress on verso)
Dimensions
Sheet: 29 × 20.3 cm (11 7/16 × 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK5718
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThis portrait, taken in the last months of Keil's life, appeared in (and was extracted from), his obituary: Albert Fränkel, Ernst Keil, Die Gartenlaube, 35 (1878): 569–581.
Marks
Verso, in purple ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in block: AN
Lower right, A. Neumann. X. A
Lower center, in block: Ernst Keil [in facsimile script]
Lower center, in letterpress: Nach einer Photographie von W. Höffert in Leipzig auf Holz gezeichnet von Adolf Neumann.
Lower right, A. Neumann. X. A
Lower center, in block: Ernst Keil [in facsimile script]
Lower center, in letterpress: Nach einer Photographie von W. Höffert in Leipzig auf Holz gezeichnet von Adolf Neumann.
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.