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Theseus Finding his Father's Weapons
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1665)
about 1645
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.7 x 22.4 cm (12 7/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 30 x 20.3 cm (11 13/16 x 8 in.)
Platemark: 30 x 20.3 cm (11 13/16 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2183
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 24; Illustrated Bartsch 24, iii/iii
Marks
Verso, top left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Baron Hans Albrecht von Derschau, Nuremberg (d. 1824)(Lugt 2510); verso, lower left-center, stamped in black ink, the mark of the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (Lugt 1606); verso, lower left, in black ink, the duplicate stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (Lugt 2398); verso, upper center, in pen and brown ink, "S.R.K. [Sylvester Rosa Koehler] / From A.C. Whipple. / In exchange. / 1889."; verso, upper center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900)(Lugt 1580); verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
ProvenanceBaron Hans Albrecht von Derschau, Nuremberg (d. 1824; Lugt 2510); Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (Lugt 1606, 2398). By 1889, Henry C. Whipple (b. 1823 - d. 1903), Philadelphia; 1886, gift (by exchange) of Whipple to Sylvester Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, MA, 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.
NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900.