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The Rescue of the Infant Oedipus

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673)
1663

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint
Dimensions Sheet: 74.3 x 48.5 cm (29 1/4 x 19 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 73.8 x 48.3 cm (29 1/16 x 19 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2224
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 08; Wallace 116, ii/ii; Illustrated Bartsch 8. ii/ii
Marks Verso of backing sheet, center, in pen and black ink, "S.R. Koehler"; verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900)(Lugt 1580); verso of backing sheet, 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