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A Rainy Night, Venice


Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice, by night
Otto Henry Bacher (American, 1856–1909)
about 1880

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint
Dimensions Sheet: 20.8 × 36.7 cm (8 3/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 12.6 × 31.5 cm (4 15/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1849
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Andrew, Venetian Series, 15
Description"At the confluence of the Canale di S. Marco and the Canal Grande in the vicinity of the Palace of the Doges, Campanile, and S. Maria della Salute..." (Andrew, Venetian Series, 15)
Signed l.l. OttoHBacher (graphite)
ProvenanceBy 1896, gift of the artist to Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900), Leipzig, Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 3, 2020)

NOTE:
Sylvester Rosa 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.