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Environs de Rome
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Environs de Rome
French
about 1784
Medium/Technique
Etching, aquatint, and roulette, printed in colors
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.8 × 28.3 cm (13 5/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 30 × 26 cm (11 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 30 × 26 cm (11 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK212
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580) Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: De Machy pinxit.
Lower right, in plate: C. Decourtis sculpsit.
Lower center, in plate: Environs de Rome
Lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Descourtis, Rue des Grands Degrés No. 12.
Verso, in graphite: N13188 / w / 2--
Verso, in black ink: Th 5. [?]
Lower right, in plate: C. Decourtis sculpsit.
Lower center, in plate: Environs de Rome
Lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Descourtis, Rue des Grands Degrés No. 12.
Verso, in graphite: N13188 / w / 2--
Verso, in black ink: Th 5. [?]
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.