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St. Elisabeth


Hl. Elisabeth
Sándor Liezen-Mayer (Hungarian, 1839–1898)

Medium/Technique Heliogravure
Dimensions Sheet: 47.9 × 35.8 cm (18 7/8 × 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1931
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Lower right, in plate: Liezen Mayer S.
Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: A. Liezen-Mayer pxt
Lower right, in plate: Heliografie des k.k. milit. geogr. Institutes.
Lower center, in plate: Hl. Elisabeth
Bottom left, in plate: Druck & Verlag der Gesselschaft f. vervielf. Kunst in Wien.
Bottom right, in plate: Vervielfaltigung vorbehalten
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.