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Der Alchymist
The Alchemist
Der Alchymist
David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690)
Flemish
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.2 × 40 cm (11 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1934
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Lower right, in plate: D. Teniers F
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: David Teniers der Jüngere / Der Alchymist
Bottom left, in plate: Verlag der Photographischen Gesellshaft. Berlin
Bottom right, in plate: Druck der Gesellshaft f.vervielf. Kunst Wien.
Verso, center, in graphite: Graph. Kunste. / VIII, 1. / K.
Bottom left, in plate: Verlag der Photographischen Gesellshaft. Berlin
Bottom right, in plate: Druck der Gesellshaft f.vervielf. Kunst Wien.
Verso, center, in graphite: Graph. Kunste. / VIII, 1. / 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.