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Numismatische Guillochirung
Printer and Publisher: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei (Austrian, 19th century)
Printer and Publisher: Alois Auer (Austrian, 1813-1869)
Printer and Publisher: Alois Auer (Austrian, 1813-1869)
Austrian
1853
Medium/Technique
Machine-engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.9 × 14.5 cm (9 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1900
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMedal-ruling on metal (only the portrait is ruled).
Published in Der polygraphische Apparet oder die verschiedenen Kunstfächer der k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei in Wien (The polygraphic apparatus or the various art subjects of the Imperial Court and State Printing Office in Vienna), Vienna, 1853.
Published in Der polygraphische Apparet oder die verschiedenen Kunstfächer der k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei in Wien (The polygraphic apparatus or the various art subjects of the Imperial Court and State Printing Office in Vienna), Vienna, 1853.
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in letterpress: Numismatische Guillochirung. / Aus der k. k. Hof_u. Staats_Druckerei. Wien 1853.
Verso, center, in graphite and ink, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Alois Auer / S. R. Koehler
Verso, upper left, in graphite: 2017
Verso, center, in graphite and ink, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Alois Auer / S. R. Koehler
Verso, upper left, in graphite: 2017
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.