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Pair of Boars
Foraging Party: Wild Boars in Fountainebleau Forest
Pair of Boars
After: Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822–1899)
1876-1898
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.1 × 15 cm (9 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1907
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Lower right, in image: Rosa Bonheur / 1876
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsBottom center, in plate: Black
Bottom left, in graphite: 3d etching
Verso, left margin, in ink: Black plate 3 etching
Bottom left, in graphite: 3d etching
Verso, left margin, in ink: Black plate 3 etching
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 14, 2023)
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.