Woman Holding a Child

Maria Anna Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1741–1807)

1763

Medium/TechniqueEtching and aquatint, printed in brown

DimensionsSheet: 16.1 × 13.2 cm (6 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession numberK680

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InscriptionsLower right, in plate: A K. f. Verso, in graphite: S. R. Koehler Verso, in lavender ink: 3962.

ProvenanceHeinrich Buttstaedt (d. 1876 or later; Lugt 3722), Gotha and Berlin. By 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 5017), 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.