The Rooster Saved

Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)

Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811)

Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)

about 1789

Medium/TechniquePastel manner

DimensionsSheet: 18 × 19.3 cm (7 1/16 × 7 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession numberK202

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ClassificationsPrints

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InscriptionsLower left, in plate: J. B. Huet delineavit Lower right, in plate: Bonnet direxit Lower center, in plate: Le Coq Secouru Lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Bonnet rue St. Jacques au coin de celle de Parcheminerie Verso, upper right, in graphite: Car [illeg.] / 225 / 6.-- Verso, center, in black ink: S. R. K. Verso, lower left, in graphite: 3 -- Verso, lower right, in graphite: Ney. [?] / 131 /TR / PProvenanceBy 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.