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A Group of Most Pleasing Views in Germany along the Rhine
Conspectus amoenissimi, in Germania, ad Rhenum
Views along the Rhine
A Group of Most Pleasing Views in Germany along the Rhine
Conspectus amoenissimi, in Germania, ad Rhenum
Dutch
1694–1697
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving, printed in colors, with hand coloring
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.6 × 22.3 cm (7 5/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 13 × 17.1 cm (5 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 13 × 17.1 cm (5 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK245
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein 1478-1496, i
Description20 plates including titlepage. Etchings, rubbed in, skies painted.
InscriptionsUpper right, in brown ink: 116.
Lower left center, in plate: Heidelbergae insigne castrum.
Lower right center, in plate: Het heerlyk Kasteel van Heidelberg.
Lower center, in plate: Pet: Schenk exc: Amstelad : cum Privil.
Lower left center, in plate: Heidelbergae insigne castrum.
Lower right center, in plate: Het heerlyk Kasteel van Heidelberg.
Lower center, in plate: Pet: Schenk exc: Amstelad : cum Privil.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; cf. 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.