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Around Rome

Around Rome

(French, 1753–1820)
(French, 1723–1807)
about 1784
Medium/TechniqueEtching, aquatint, and roulette, printed in colors
DimensionsSheet: 33.8 × 28.3 cm (13 5/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 30 × 26 cm (11 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK212
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: De Machy pinxit. Lower right, in plate: C. Decourtis sculpsit. Lower center, in plate: Environs de Rome Lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Descourtis, Rue des Grands Degrés No. 12. Verso, in graphite: N13188 / w / 2-- Verso, in black ink: Th 5. [?]
ProvenanceBy 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.