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The Colosseum
Copied after: Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)
mid 17th–late 17th century
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 17.2 x 21.3 cm (6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 13.3 x 13.3 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 13.3 x 13.3 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2197.8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
De Vesme/Massar 0826 (copy in reverse)
DescriptionThis is a nineteenth-century impression from the Calcografia di Roma.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900)(Lugt 1580); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
ProvenanceSylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900)(Lugt 1580); his gift to the MFA October 20, 1898