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Woman Holding a Child

Maria Anna Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1741–1807)
Swiss
1763

Medium/Technique Etching and aquatint, printed in brown
Dimensions Sheet: 16.1 × 13.2 cm (6 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK680
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Andresen 32, ii
Marks Verso, in green ink, the collector's mark of Heinrich Buttstaedt (Lugt 3722)
Verso, in graphite, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 5017)
InscriptionsLower right, in plate: A K. f.
Verso, in graphite: S. R. Koehler
Verso, in lavender ink: 3962.
ProvenanceHeinrich Buttstaedt (d. 1876 or later; Lugt 3722), Gotha and Berlin. By 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 5017), 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.