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Félicien Rops dans son atelier (1844-1929)
An Etcher
Félicien Rops dans son atelier (1844-1929)
Charles Baude (French, 1853–1935)
After: Paul Victor Mathey (French, 1844 – 1929)
Sitter: Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833–1898)
After: Paul Victor Mathey (French, 1844 – 1929)
Sitter: Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833–1898)
American
1888
Medium/Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.5 × 23.1 cm (12 13/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1904
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPublished as the cover image for Harper's Bazaar, volume 21, number 49 (December 8, 1888): 879.
Marks
Verso, in violet, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in image: à Felicien Rops / A Mathey
Lower right, in image: Ch. Baude
Lower center, in letterpress: An Etcher. -- Engraved by Ch. Baude from the Picture by Mathey, Exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1888. -- [See Page 188]
Lower right, in image: Ch. Baude
Lower center, in letterpress: An Etcher. -- Engraved by Ch. Baude from the Picture by Mathey, Exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1888. -- [See Page 188]
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 his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Mr. 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 his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.