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Abend am Nil
Evening on the Nile
Abend am Nil
German
1891
Medium/Technique
Photogravure
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.4 × 29 cm (8 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1927
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Lower left, in plate: W. Gentz
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: W. Gentz pinx
Lower right, in plate: Photogravure H. Riffarth, Berlin
Lower center, in plate: Abend am Nil
Bottom left, in plate: Verlag v. E.A. Seeman in Leipzig
Bottom right, in plate: Druck v. F.A. Brockhaus in Leipzig
Verso, center, in graphite: Leitschift. / 1891. / II, 8. / K.
Lower right, in plate: Photogravure H. Riffarth, Berlin
Lower center, in plate: Abend am Nil
Bottom left, in plate: Verlag v. E.A. Seeman in Leipzig
Bottom right, in plate: Druck v. F.A. Brockhaus in Leipzig
Verso, center, in graphite: Leitschift. / 1891. / II, 8. / K.
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.