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Woman Braiding Her Hair
Maria Anna Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1741–1807)
Swiss
1765
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint, printed in brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 × 17.1 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK681
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Andresen 25, ii; LeBlanc 21
Marks
Verso, in purple ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: A. M. Angelica Kauffman inv. e del. a Bologna 1765
Verso, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: From H. C. Whipple. / Exchanged. / 1886
Verso, in graphite: 14 --
Verso, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: From H. C. Whipple. / Exchanged. / 1886
Verso, in graphite: 14 --
ProvenanceBy 1886, Henry C. Whipple (b. 1823 - d. 1903), Philadelphia; 1886, gift (by exchange) of Whipple to Sylvester Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, MA, 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.