Dive into the hidden and unearthed stories featured in the exhibition “Strong Women in Renaissance Italy.” Together with curators, professors from…

Celebrate the exhibition “Fashioned by Sargent” by exploring the many multifaceted ways John Singer Sargent and the subjects of his portraits created…

Help us learn more about you and why you are interested in volunteering at the MFA! Once we’ve reviewed your form, we’ll invite you to attend an…

This is an ongoing effort to create an illustrated version of Sylvester Koehler’s 1892 exhibition. For the first time ever, this archival document is…

Through its fellowship program, the CNA nurtures future generations of scholars and specialists in Netherlandish Art. The 2022–23 fellows have written…

We invite audiences of all ages to learn, be creative, and engage with others in the Museum. Advancing our mission to bring people and art together…

Sylvester Rosa Koehler was born on February 11, 1837, in Leipzig, Germany, to an artistically inclined family of musicians. In 1849, Koehler, still a…

1881, April 11–May 9, “Exhibition of American Etchings,” MFA Boston. 1882, “Louis Prang and Co. Lithographic Prints and Tools,” United States National…

Bezold, Wilhelm von. The Theory of Color in Its Relation to Art and Art-Industry. Translated by Sylvester Rosa Koehler. Boston: Louis Prang & Co…

Resurrecting an 1892 exhibition on printing, anchored by a digital reproduction of its foundational catalogue.