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Woman Holding a Child

Woman Holding a Child

(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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.