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Michel Lepelletier


Louis Michel Lepelletier de St. Fargeau
Pierre Michel Alix (French, 1762–1817)
Printed by: Bechet (French)
Published by: Marie François Drouhin (French, active 1791–1813)
After: Ambrose Louis Garnerey (French, 1783 – 1857)
French
1794

Medium/Technique Color aquatint and etching
Dimensions Sheet: 40.7 × 30 cm (16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK185
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in letterpress: Garnerey del.
Lower center, in letterpress: Michel Lepelletier.
Lower right, in letterpress: P. M. Alix Sculp.
Lower center, in letterpress: A Paris chez Marie Francois Drouhin, Editeur & Imprimeur Libraire, Rue Cristine No. 2. / Imprimé chez lui par Bechet.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1581), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: 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.