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The Adoration of the Magi
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active about 1510–1550)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
about 1510–1550
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in two shades of brown and black
Dimensions
Platemark: 17 x 24.1 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK24
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.029.2, i / ii
Marks
Verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
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)
InscriptionsVerso, bottom right, in pencil: Wunderlich. 1885.
Provenance1885, likely sold by Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, to 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.
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.