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Battlepiece
Cavalry Battle
Battlepiece
German
18th century
Medium/Technique
Mezzotint, printed from two plates
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.9 × 19.3 cm (5 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Image: 13.5 × 18.1 cm (5 5/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Image: 13.5 × 18.1 cm (5 5/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK240
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionIntaglio (color printing)
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: G. P. Rugendas pinx: et del: Li 13. d'Augosta A° 1696
Lower center, in plate: N. 2.
Lower right, in plate: Christiano Rugendas Sculp: et excud: Aug. Vind.
Verso, upper right, in graphite: 364
Lower center, in plate: N. 2.
Lower right, in plate: Christiano Rugendas Sculp: et excud: Aug. Vind.
Verso, upper right, in graphite: 364
ProvenanceBy 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.