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Der Kreislauf des Lebens

Jean Louis Canon (French, 1809–1892)
Printed by: R. Paulussen (English, born in 1852)
Printer: Druck & Verlagsges., Emmendingen.
French
1889

Medium/Technique Heliogravure
Dimensions Sheet: 30 × 38 cm (11 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1961
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: J. Canon PXT
Lower right, in plate: Heliogravure v. R. Paulussem, Wien.
Lower center, in plate: Der Kreislauf des Lebens
Bottom left, in plate: Drück & Verlag der Gesellschaft f. vervielf Kunst, Wien.
Bottom right, in plate: Vervielfältigung vorbehalten.
Verso, center, in graphite: Graph. Kunste. / 1889 / Jubilaumsheft (?) / 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.