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Bouquet of Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French, 1634–1699)
about 1660-1680

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 22.7 × 17.8 cm (8 15/16 × 7 in.)
Platemark: 22.4 × 17.5 cm (8 13/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK4584
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
The MFA has six plates in this format (30.1330.1 through 30.1330.5, and K4584), although Robert-Dumesnil lists only four (R-D 1-4).

Catalogue Raisonné from Robert-Dumesnil 1-4
Marks Verso, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900)(Lugt 1580); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
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 curator of prints 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.