Around Rome

Charles Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753–1820)

Pierre-Antoine de Machy (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

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ClassificationsPrints

Collections

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.