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Portrait of Madame de Récamier
French
1859-1892
Medium/Technique
Machine-engraving (Achille Collas process)
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.6 × 15.4 cm (9 11/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1899
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMedal-ruling on metal, done on a Collas machine.
Signed
Center, in image: David
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsCenter right, in image: Madame Récamier
Lower right, in letterpress: Procédé de A. Collas
Verso, in ink, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: S. R. Koehler
Verso,upper left, in graphite: 2015
Lower right, in letterpress: Procédé de A. Collas
Verso, in ink, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: S. R. Koehler
Verso,upper left, in graphite: 2015
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.