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Le Coq Secouru
Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)
After: Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811)
Published by: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)
French
about 1789

Medium/Technique Pastel manner
Dimensions Sheet: 18 × 19.3 cm (7 1/16 × 7 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK202
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 151; Herold 1019, only state
Marks Verso, center, in pen and black ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 5018) Verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: J. B. Huet delineavit
Lower right, in plate: Bonnet direxit
Lower center, in plate: Le Coq Secouru
Lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Bonnet rue St. Jacques au coin de celle de Parcheminerie
Verso, upper right, in graphite: Car [illeg.] / 225 / 6.--
Verso, center, in black ink: S. R. K.
Verso, lower left, in graphite: 3 --
Verso, lower right, in graphite: Ney. [?] / 131 /TR / P
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 5018), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)

NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.