ID: 700000938 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000938	Record Type: Movable Work

[Tent of Darius] (etching (print); Audran (publisher); Published: 1600s; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 568404; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: 2000.PR.16* (bx.1,f.13))

Note: Inscription in the plate's lower margin: Se vend a Paris chez B. et I. Audran ruë et faubourg / St. Jâque vis a vis la ruë St. Dominique; The engraving depicts the family of Darius kneeling before Alexander the Great, reproducing the painting known as the Tent of Darius by Charles Le Brun; A coat of arms and lettering in Latin and French are engraved in the plate's lower margin: IL EST D'UN ROY DE SE VAINCRE SOY MESME / Alexandre, ayant vaincu Darius pres la ville d'Isse entre dans / ... // SUI VICTORIA INDICAT REGEM / ALEXANDER, Dario ad Issum victo tabernaculum Reginarum / ..; Forms part of the Leo Steinberg collection of prints (Special Collections accn. no. 2000.PR.16); Accompanied by Leo Steinberg's handwritten notes on mount concerning bibliography and series. Publication: [Paris] : Se vend a Paris chez B. et I. Audran ruë et faubourg St. Jâque vis a vis la ruë St. Dominique, [16--].

Titles:

[Tent of Darius] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

[Tent of Darius]; [graphic] / Car. Le Brun pinxit ; Audran excudit. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [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)

engraving (print) [300041340]

..... (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 print [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))

print (visual work) [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: 1600s

Creator Display:

Audran (publisher) [preferred,GRISC]

publishers Audran family (French family of artists and engravers, 17th century) [500353945]

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

Audran, Benoit, II (French engraver and draftsman, 1698-1772) [500043034]

Audran, Jean (French engraver and draftsman, 1667-1756) [500032714]

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: 568404; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: 2000.PR.16* (bx.1,f.13)

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

Other: Publication: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: engraving, etching, 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>)

	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)

	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)

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

Dimensions: plate mark 29 x 36 cm, on sheet 29 x 36.5 cm + 1 mount 35.8 x 45.7 cm

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

human figures

another work

Specific Subjects:

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

	family (kinship group) [300055474]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, kinship groups) (AAT)

	Darius III, King of Persia (Persian king, died 330 BCE) [500353980]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: Steinberg, Leo; stein purchase

Inscriptions: Car. Le Brun pinxit ; Audran excudit.; Inscription in the plate's lower margin: Se vend a Paris chez B. et I. Audran ruë et faubourg / St. Jâque vis a vis la ruë St. Dominique

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Tent of Darius]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 568404
[Tent of Darius]; [graphic] / Car. Le Brun pinxit ; Audran excudit.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Nagler, G. K. Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon v. 1, p. 194

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