ID: 700000662 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000662	Record Type: Movable Work

Scene dei drammi di P.P. Bissari (etchings (prints); Küsel, Melchior (etcher, 1626-1683); Published: 1662; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 609897; accession number: 2003.PR.70;)

Note: The plates were also issued with the libretti published by Pietro Paolo Bissari: Fedra incoronata (In Monaco : Appresso Gioann Iekelino, l'anno 1662); Antiopa giustificata drama guerriero (In Monaco : Appresso Gioann [Iekelino?], 1662); Medea vendicativa, drama di foco (In Monaco : Appresso Gioann Ieklino stampator, 1662); Each etching (32 x 44 cm. and smaller) is bound folded in two; Title from spine; The volume of prints records the festivities staged in Munich during the month of September 1662 in celebration of the christening of Maximilian II Emanuel, son of Elector Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria, and Princess Henriette Adélaïde or Henriette Adelheid of Savoy; The prints, of which fourteen are signed by Melchior Küsel and five by Matthäus Küsel, are derived from drawings by Caspar Amort. They record the designs of Francesco Santurini for the sets of the opera Fedra incoronata, for the floats of the tournament Antiopa giustificata, and for the fireworks display Medea vindicativa. One plate, inscribed Facies externa Hippodromi Monacensis, shows a ground plan and a view of the facade of the Hippodrome theater in Munich; The volume contains 4 blue streamers and 11 leaves of notes inscribed with captions identifying the plates; "1820 / All'amico conte Leonardo Trissino / Franco Testa"--annotated in brown ink on front pastedown; "1 plate of the theatre ... / 12 for Fedra / 11 for Antiopa / 8 for Medea / ..."--pencilled on back pastedown. Publication: [1662].

Titles:

Scene dei drammi di P.P. Bissari (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Prints of festivities in Munich for the christening of Maximilian II Emanuel, son of Elector Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria in 1662 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Scene dei drammi di P.P. Bissari; [graphic]. (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Catalog Level: volume

Work Types:

etchings (prints) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

prints (visual works) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1662

Creator Display:

Küsel, Melchior (etcher, 1626-1683) [preferred,GRISC]

Küsel, Melchior, I (German designer, 1626-1683) [500083170]

publishers unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Amort, Caspar (German painter, 1612-1675) [500094975]

Bissari, Pietro Paolo (Italian dramatist and librettist, active 1640-1660) [500353907]

Küsel, Mathäus (German engraver, 1629-ca. 1681) [500008775]

Santurini, Francesco (Italian painter and architect, active in Germany, 1627-1682) [500076820]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 609897; accession number: 2003.PR.70

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 volume (32 etchings)

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: 28 x 20 cm, 32 prints

General Subject:

events (preferred)

human figures

performing arts

Specific Subjects:

	Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (German noble, 1662-1726) [500231003]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, 1636-1679 (German ruler, 1636-1679) [500353909]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Henriette Adelaide von Savoyen (German noble, 1636-1676 ) [500353908]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Antiopa giustificata [901000148]
	.....((Literary works: Musical, Choreographic works, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Fedra incoronata [901000149]
	.....((Literary works: Musical, Choreographic works, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Medea vendicativa [901000150]
	.....((Literary works: Musical, Choreographic works, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	baptism [300069030]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, religious ceremonies) (AAT)

	sets (theatrical) [300188014]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>) (AAT)

	theaters (buildings) [300007117]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings) (AAT)

	designs (artistic concepts) [300102051]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, concepts relating to the creative process) (AAT)

	history (literary genre) [300026358]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

Provenance: Franco Testa; Leonardo Trissino; Mario Lanfranchi ; London, England ; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Scene dei drammi di P.P. Bissari

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Scene dei drammi di P.P. Bissari	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 609897
Prints of festivities in Munich for the christening of Maximilian II Emanuel, son of Elector Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria in 1662	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Scene dei drammi di P.P. Bissari; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)