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Familienbild
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Familienbild
Printed by: Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin
After: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
After: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
German
1885
Medium/Technique
Intaglio
Dimensions
Height x width: 29.8 × 40 cm (11 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1905
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Verso, upper center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn / Familienbild / Photographische Gesellschaft, Berlin / 1885
Verso, center, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Graph. Kunste / X, 2 & 3. / K.
Verso, center, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Graph. Kunste / X, 2 & 3. / 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.