Woman Braiding Her Hair

Maria Anna Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1741–1807)

1765

Medium/TechniqueEtching and aquatint, printed in brown

DimensionsSheet: 23 × 17.1 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession numberK681

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InscriptionsLower left, in plate: A. M. Angelica Kauffman inv. e del. a Bologna 1765 Verso, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: From H. C. Whipple. / Exchanged. / 1886 Verso, in graphite: 14 --ProvenanceBy 1886, Henry C. Whipple, Philadelphia; 1886, gift (by exchange) of Whipple to Sylvester Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, MA, 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.