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Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin
Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin

Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin

Gilles Demarteau (French, 1722–1776)
Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
probably 1767
Medium/TechniqueCrayon-manner engraving, printed in red
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK4410
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: C. N. Cochin filius inv et delin. Lower right, in plate: Demarteu l'Ainé sculp. Lower center, in plate: Nempè quod injecit secreta modestia, velum / Scinditur, et vitae gloria morte patet. Auson[ius]. Lower center, in plate: La mort a révélé le secret de sa vie. Lower left, in plate: [illeg]41 de l'oeuvre Lower center, in plate: A Paris chès [sic] Demarteau Graveur du Roi, ruë de / la Pelterie a la ClocheProvenanceBy 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.