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Mademoiselle de Vallière
Georges Maile (English, 1800–1842)
After: Innocent Louis Goubaud (French, 1780–1847)
Publisher: Bance & Aumont (French)
After: Innocent Louis Goubaud (French, 1780–1847)
Publisher: Bance & Aumont (French)
French
about 1819-1824
Medium/Technique
Intaglio (color printing)
Dimensions
Sheet: 54.6 × 42 cm (21 1/2 × 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK228
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPortrait of Françoise Louise de la Baume le Blanc, Duchess of la Vallière.
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in blue ink, the collector's mark of Heinrich Buttstaedt (Lugt 318)
Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in letterpress: Goubaud del.
Lower left: Publié par Ch. Bance & Aumont à Paris.
Lower center: Mlle de Lavaliere / Maîtresse de Louis 14.
Lower right, in letterpress: G. Maile sculp.
Lower right: Déposé à la Direction.
Verso, lower right, in brown pencil: 4490.
Lower left: Publié par Ch. Bance & Aumont à Paris.
Lower center: Mlle de Lavaliere / Maîtresse de Louis 14.
Lower right, in letterpress: G. Maile sculp.
Lower right: Déposé à la Direction.
Verso, lower right, in brown pencil: 4490.
ProvenanceHeinrich Buttstaedt (d. 1876 or later; Lugt 318), Gotha and Berlin. By 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1581), 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.