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Landscape, trees at left, nude man in foreground (Parable of the Good Samaritan: Priest and Levite pass by)
Jonas Umbach (German, 1624–1693)
German
1678
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 12.1 × 9.4 cm (4 3/4 × 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK4275
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
N 55
DescriptionTitlepage - The Good Samaritan
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsMat, lower left, in graphite: Jonas Umbach / Augsburg 1624-1700
Mat, lower center, in graphite: Parable of the Good Samaritan: The Priest & Levite pass by.
Mat, lower right, in graphite: N. 55
Verso, lower left, in graphite: Exchanged / Phillips Coll.
Mat, lower center, in graphite: Parable of the Good Samaritan: The Priest & Levite pass by.
Mat, lower right, in graphite: N. 55
Verso, lower left, in graphite: Exchanged / Phillips Coll.
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.