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The Prophet Isaiah
1776
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 35 x 25.1 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 33.3 x 23.8 cm (13 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 33.3 x 23.8 cm (13 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2215
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Le Blanc
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900)(Lugt 1580); verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, lower margin, "Ioann. Lanfranchi pinx. Dom. Cunego sculp. 1776. / Propter scelus populi mei percussi eum. [For the transgression of my people was he stricken] Is. 53.8. / In Sacello Sacchetti Ecclesiae S. Ioannis vulgo de' Fiorentini. / Romae ex Calcographia R.C.A."
ProvenanceSylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900)(Lugt 1580); his gift to the MFA October 20, 1898