ID: 700000733 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000733	Record Type: Movable Work

[Battles of Alexander] (engravings (prints); Geérard Audran (printmaker, 1640-1703); Published: 1672-1678; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 606587; (OCoLC)ocm85172607; accession number: 2003.PR.33**;)

Note: After the Battles of Alexander or Triumphs of Alexander by Charles Le Brun. Cf. Inventaire du fonds français graveurs du XVIIe siècle, 1:136, no. 65-68; Robert-Dumesnil. Le peintre-graveur français, no. 57-60; Jouin, H. Charles Le Brun et les arts sous Louis XIV, p. 498-502; Lettering in French and Latin; "Graué par Gir. Audran, sur le tableau de Mr. le Brun premier Peintre du Roy: / Ce tableau est dans le Cabinet de sa Ma.te ..."--lower margin of each print, with some variations in lettering; Gérard Audran was admitted (reçu) to the Académie royale in 1674; Contents: Crossing of the Granicus, or, Le passage du Granique (La vertv svrmonte tovt obstacle ... Virtvs omni obice maior); Battle of Arbela, or, La bataille d'Arbelles (La vertv est digne de l'empire dv monde ... Digna orbis imperio virtvs); defeated King Porus, covered with wounds, is brought before Alexander, or, Alexander and Porus, or, Alexandre et Porus, or, Porus blessé amené devant Alexandre, or, La défaite de Porus (La vertv plaist qvoy qve vaincve ... Sic virtvs et victa placet); Triumphal entry into Babylon, or, Entrée d'Alexandre dans Babylone (Ainsy par la vertv s'elevent les heros ... Sic vertv evehit ardens); "7 / 8 / / 1 / 2 / 15 / pag. 415. No. 1.-1 / Alexander- Gobelins in 6 Darstellungen I Schlacht am Granikus (2 Theile)"--penciled on mounts of the Crossing of the river Granicus; "11 / 12 / 15 / II Schlacht bei Arbela (2 Theile)"--penciled on mounts of the Battle of Arbela; "21 / 22 / 15 / 3 / 4 / V Alexander & Porus (2 Theile)"--penciled on mounts of Alexander and Porus; "26 / 15 / 5 / VI Einzug in Babylon"--penciled on mount of Triumphal entry into Babylon. Publication: [1672-1678]. 4 prints (14 sheets).

Titles:

[Battles of Alexander] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Triumphs of Alexander (C,U,English,,)

Catalog Level: set

Work Types:

engravings (prints) [300041340] (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)

etchings (prints) [300041365]

..... (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)

reproductive prints [300041569]

..... (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 (visual works) [300041273]

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

collections (object groupings) [300025976]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), object groupings, <object groupings by general context>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1672-1678

Creator Display:

Geérard Audran (printmaker, 1640-1703) [preferred,GRISC]

engraver (printmaker) Audran, Gérard (French engraver and publisher, 1640-1703) [500020005]

Le Brun, Charles (French designer, painter, 1619-1690) [500016215]

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: 606587; (OCoLC)ocm85172607; accession number: 2003.PR.33**

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: 4 prints (14 sheets): etching, engraving, b&w

	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>)

	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)

	engraving (printing process) [300053225]
	.......(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)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: sheets 71 x 51 cm and smaller, mounts 75 x 103 cm

General Subject:

another work (preferred)

events

Specific Subjects:

	Alexander the Great (Macedonian king, 356-323 BCE) [500280655]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	campaigns [300069787]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events) (AAT)

Provenance: rumbl; Purchase; Collection of the Princes of Liechtenstein

Inscriptions: graué par Gir. Audran, sur le tableau de Mr. Le Brun premier peintre du Roy.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Battles of Alexander]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 606587
Triumphs of Alexander	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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