Landscape with Roman Ruins

Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)

François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)

about 1773-1789

Medium/TechniqueCrayon manner in sanguine

DimensionsSheet: 18.5 × 21.9 cm (7 5/16 × 8 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession numberK4372

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InscriptionsLower left, in plate: Boucher inven. Lower left, in plate: A Paris, chez Bonnet, rue St. Jacques. Lower right, in plate: Bonnet Sculp. Verso, upper right, in graphite: 1084 / 2.5[0] Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: L. M. Bonnet Verso, lower right, in graphite: (6765) 4732 [crossed out] / 344 [crossed out] / rh [?] / scProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA.

NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.