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A surgeon lancing a peasant's hand


Dessins des meilleurs peintres d'Italie, d'Allemagne, et des Pays-Bas, tirés de divers célebres Cabinets
Maria Catharina Prestel (German, 1747–1794)
After: Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1684)

Medium/Technique Aquatint
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK278
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description2 plates
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 curator of prints 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.