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Head of a Girl Turned to the Right

Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)
After: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
French
1767

Medium/Technique Chromochalcography
Dimensions Sheet: 32.3 × 21.7 cm (12 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK179
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, lower middle, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower right, in letterpress: F. Boucher deli.
Lower center, in letterpress: Tiré du Cabinet de Monsieur Baudouin Peintre du Roy / Paris chez Bonnet rue Gallande entre un Chandelier et un Layetier vis-à-vis-la rue du Fouarre. / et chez la Veuve Chereau rue St.Jacques aux deux Pilliers d'Or.
Lower right, in letterpress: L. Bonnet Sculp 1767
Verso, lower left, in graphite: g.t / A [?] 22786 / Liln [?]
Verso, lower middle, in graphite: Mi
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), 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.