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The Rustic Cottage


La Baraque Rustique
Jean-Francois Janinet (French, 1752–1814)
After: Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1684)
Published by: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
French
1778 – 1779

Medium/Technique Etching, engraving, and roulette, printed in colors
Dimensions Sheet: 24.4 × 20 cm (9 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK183
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Verso, in purple ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower right, in plate: A. ostade . 1673.
Lower left, in plate (folded and adhered to verso of print): A. Ostade pinx.
Lower right, in plate (folded and adhered to verso of print): Janinet sculp
Lower center, in plate (folded and adhered to verso of print): La baraque rustique / Gravé de même grandeur que le Dessin Original et coloré, qui est / dans le Collection de Mr. Basan.
Lower center, in plate (folded and adhered to verso of print): Se vend à Paris chez Basan et Poignant M[archan]ds. d'Estampes, rue et Hôtel Serpente
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 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.