ID: 700001077 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001077	Record Type: Movable Work

[La contesa dell'aria, e dell'acqua] (etchings (prints); Bouttats, Gerard (etcher, born ca. 1630); published 1667; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 666609; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1260-1264, 1291))

Note: Impressions of the etchings were issued with the festival book La contesa dell'aria, e dell'acqua festa a cavallo ... (Vienna : Appresso Matteo Cosmerovio, 1667); Flemish printmaker, who was active in Cologne and Vienna; The prints depict the carousel or equestrian ballet performed in a courtyard of the Hofburg, Vienna on the evening of January 24, 1667, as part of the festivities celebrating the wedding of Holy Roman emperor Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita Teresa of Spain; Contents: Gran balletto à cauallo fattosi il di 24. di genaro 1667 nel gran cortille del pallazzo imperiale di Vienna --; Grotta di Vulcano per la squadriglia del fuoco, condotta dall ill:mo et ecc:mo sig:r tenente generale Reimundus conte Montecuccoli, con accompaginatura di trenta ciclopi --; Giardino di Berecintia per la squadriglia della terra, condotta dall illmo et eccmo sig: conte Gundacher di Diettrichstein cavallarizzo maggiore di Sua Msta.s cesarea, con accompagnatura di trenta seluaggi --; Carro della gloria per il seguito di Sua Mstsa ces.a --; Gruppo di nubi, con Giunone, et Iride in l'arco baleno, per la squadriglia dell aria condotta dal ser:mo sig:r principe Carlo di Loreno, con accompagnatura di trenta grifi --; Seno di mare, con Nettunno per la squadriglia dell acqua, condotta del ser:mo sig:r prpe Filippo di Sulzpach con accompagnatura di trenta venti; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**); Watermark: star; Library has another impression of the etchings bound in: La contesa dell'aria, e dell'acqua festa a cavallo ... (Vienna : Appresso Matteo Cosmerovio, 1667). Publication: [1667].

Titles:

[La contesa dell'aria, e dell'acqua] (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Contesa dell' aria e dell' acqua (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Prints of the equestrian ballet at the Hofburg, Vienna, for the wedding of Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita Teresa of Spain in 1667 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: suite

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 1667

Creator Display:

Bouttats, Gerard (etcher, born ca. 1630) [preferred,GRISC]

publishers Appresso Matteo Cosmerovio (Viennese publisher, active 17th century) [500353747]

printmaker Bouttats, Gerard (Dutch artist, born 1630, active 1658) [500191270]

draftsman Hoey, Nicolas de (Flemish painter and printmaker, died ca. 1612, active in France) [500032698]

designer Pasetti, Carlo (Italian architect, active 1639-1696) Extent: work depicted [500057229]

etcher Steen, Franciscus van der (Flemish engraver and etcher, ca. 1625-1672) [500020152]

author Sbarra, Francesco (Italian librettist, active 17th century) Extent: work depicted [500353749]

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: 666609; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1260-1264, 1291)

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: 6 prints: etching

	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)

Dimensions: plate marks 37 x 58 cm, on sheets 38.6 x 62 cm. and smaller

General Subject:

events (preferred)

performing arts

history and legend

animals

Specific Subjects:

	equestrian ballet [300379019]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), dances (performing arts compositions)) (AAT)

	festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	ballet (discipline) [300054145]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts (broad discipline), performing arts (discipline), dance (discipline)) (AAT)

	Leopold I (Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705) [500353751]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Margarita Teresa, Infanta of Spain, Empress, consort of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (Spanish empress consort, 1651-1673) [500353753]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	royal weddings [300379050]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage, weddings (ceremonies)) (AAT)

	pageants [300069240]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, entertainment events, performances (creative events)) (AAT)

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

	royalty (nobility) [300188750]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, social classes, <social classes by specific type>, upper class, aristocracy (social class), nobility) (AAT)

	weddings (ceremonies) [300069158]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)

	carousel (tournament) [300379167]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, contests, tournaments) (AAT)

Watermarks: star

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[La contesa dell'aria, e dell'acqua]	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 666609
Contesa dell' aria e dell' acqua	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Prints of the equestrian ballet at the Hofburg, Vienna, for the wedding of Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita Teresa of Spain in 1667	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

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

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

....................... Watanabe-O'Kelly, H. Festivals and ceremonies no. 77

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