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Youth with black, broad cap and pipe (bust)
Johann Heinrich Tischbein II (German, 1742–1808)
German
before 1808
Medium/Technique
Etching (the sand-manner)
Dimensions
Sheet: 15.1 × 13.3 cm (5 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Mounted: 44.4 × 29.9 cm (17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
Mounted: 44.4 × 29.9 cm (17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK4258
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in graphite: Portr / Joh. Heinr. Tischbein II
Lower right, in graphite: 41 [encircled]
Lower right, in graphite: 41 [encircled]
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.
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.