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Baptistery of Louis XIII
Author: Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (French, 1802–1872)
French
19th century
Medium/Technique
Photogravure (Henri Garnier process)
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.5 × 24.2 cm (12 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR64.13
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a photograph.
Page from Sylvester Rosa Koehler's copy of Louis Blanquart-Evrard's "La Photographie."
Page from Sylvester Rosa Koehler's copy of Louis Blanquart-Evrard's "La Photographie."
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: Vue du Baptistere Louis XIII / (Palais de Fontainebleau).
Bottom center, in plate: Photogravure en relief. Procede H. Garnier. / Dujardin freres. - Pairs.
Verso, center, in graphite: From Blanquart-Evrad
Bottom center, in plate: Photogravure en relief. Procede H. Garnier. / Dujardin freres. - Pairs.
Verso, center, in graphite: From Blanquart-Evrad
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.