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Landscape with Roman Ruins
Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)
After: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Published by: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)
After: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Published by: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)
French
about 1773-1789
Medium/Technique
Crayon manner in sanguine
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.5 × 21.9 cm (7 5/16 × 8 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK4372
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580) Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: Boucher inven.
Lower left, in plate: A Paris, chez Bonnet, rue St. Jacques.
Lower right, in plate: Bonnet Sculp.
Verso, upper right, in graphite: 1084 / 2.5[0]
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: L. M. Bonnet
Verso, lower right, in graphite: (6765) 4732 [crossed out] / 344 [crossed out] / rh [?] / sc
Lower left, in plate: A Paris, chez Bonnet, rue St. Jacques.
Lower right, in plate: Bonnet Sculp.
Verso, upper right, in graphite: 1084 / 2.5[0]
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: L. M. Bonnet
Verso, lower right, in graphite: (6765) 4732 [crossed out] / 344 [crossed out] / rh [?] / sc
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.
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.