ID: 700001172 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001172	Record Type: Movable Work

Cortile del Palazzo Altemps abitato dall'em:mo e rmo sig.r cardinal Melchior di Polignac ministro della Maestà cristianissima in Roma, magnificamente ornato col disegno del eruditissimo cavalier Pietro Leone Ghezzi .. (etching (print); Vasconi, Filippo (printmaker, 1687?-1730); published 1729; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2643-998; 643998; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 939))

Note: Filippo Vasconi or Vasconio, a nephew of the architect Carlo Fontana, was active in Rome as an architect and printmaker; The print depicts the apparati adorning the courtyard of the Palazzo Altemps that were commissioned by Cardinal Melchior de Polignac and designed by Pier Leone Ghezzi for the celebrations on November 26, 1729 in honor of the birth of the dauphin Louis, son of King Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska. The courtyard of the residence of the French chargé d'affaires in Rome displays a temporary stand for hosting an orchestra composed of 150 musicians and six soloists who are to perform the cantata La contesa dei Numi by the librettist Pietro Metastasio and composer Leonardo Vinci. The palatial decorations feature damasks, velvet, brocades, lace embroidered in gold, rugs, torches, crystal chandeliers, and five sculptures of the dauphin's prominent ancestors: Hugh Capet, Philip II, Louis IX, Henry IV, and Louis XVI; Binding holes along margin; annotated and numbered in black ink: Pietro Leon Ghezzi / 312; "Fuochi"--written in brown ink on verso; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**).

Titles:

Cortile del Palazzo Altemps abitato dall'em:mo e rmo sig.r cardinal Melchior di Polignac ministro della Maestà cristianissima in Roma, magnificamente ornato col disegno del eruditissimo cavalier Pietro Leone Ghezzi .. (preferred,C,U,DE,Italian-P,U,U)

Apparati by Pier Leone Ghezzi in the courtyard of Palazzo Altemps, celebrating the birth of the dauphin Louis, son of King Louis XV, on 26 November 1729 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

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)

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 (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)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: published 1729

Creator Display:

Vasconi, Filippo (printmaker, 1687?-1730) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Vasconi, Filippo (Italian engraver and architect, ca. 1687-1730) [500004802]

artist Ghezzi, Pier Leone (Italian painter, 1674-1755) Extent: work depicted [500014963]

delineator Colonelli-Sciarra, Salvatore (Italian artist, active 1729-1736) [500131829]

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: 2643-998; 643998; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 939)

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 print: engraving, etching

	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)

	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>)

Dimensions: plate mark 45.6 x 67.3 cm, on sheet 49 x 77.2 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	apparati [300379148]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	stand (support object) [300039767]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, support furniture) (AAT)

	ephemeral structures [300007997]
	.....(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 design>) (AAT)

	architectural ornament [300378995]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <surface elements and surface element components>, surface elements (architectural)) (AAT)

	courtyards [300004095]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by form>, uncovered spaces) (AAT)

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

	Louis, Dauphin of France (French noble, 1729-1765) [500353671]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	birth [300069672]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	Louis XV, King of France (French king, 1710-1774) [500122354]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Marie Leszczyńska, Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France (French queen consort, 1703-1768) [500353672]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Metastasio, Pietro (Italian poet and librettist, 1698-1792) [500354377]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	palaces (official residences) [300005734]
	.....(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>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences) (AAT)

	Palazzo Altemps (Italian repository, contemporary) [500353957]
	.....(Museo nazionale romano, Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

	Polignac, Melchior de (French cardinal, diplomat, 1661-1741) [500324221]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	patronage [300055736]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, economic concepts) (AAT)

	Vinci, Leonardo (Italian noble, died 1730) [500354378]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: Cortile del Palazzo Altemps abitato dall'em:mo e rmo sig.r cardinal Melchior di Polignac ministro della Maestà cristianissima in Roma, magnificamente ornato col disegno del eruditissimo cavalier Pietro Leone Ghezzi .. Salvatore Colonelli Sciarra delin. ; Filippo Vasconi incise con lic. de Sup. Inscription printed above palace below the Sun's chariot: IN COMMUNE BONUM.; Title continues: ... di damaschi, veluti, broccati, e trine d'oro condotte a ricamo, e quattro gran tapeti, gran numero di torcie, e lampadarij di cristallo, e con prospetto ridotto a forma di teatro, diviso in cinque archi con vaghissima prospettiva, dentro li quali si vedevano cinque statue che rappresentavano li cinque Rè più famosi della discendenza diretta del Delfino. UGO CAPETO, FILIPPO II. AUGUSTO SAN LODOVICO, EN / RICO IV, E LODOVICO XIV, sopra de quali vedevasi il Sole nascente condurre il suo carro frà le nuvole dipinto trasparente, e dalla parte di sotto un gran Palco destinato per sei scelti Musici, e per Cento cinquanta Sona: / tori, vestiti alla Teatrale che dovevano operare nella Cantata composta in versi dal Sig.r Pietro Metastasio, e in Musica dal Sig.r Leonardo Vinci fattavi fare dal medesimo Sig.r Cardinale in occasione della Nascita DEL REAL DELFINO DI FRANCIA il dì 26 Novembre 1729.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Cortile del Palazzo Altemps abitato dall'em:mo e rmo sig.r cardinal Melchior di Polignac ministro della Maestà cristianissima in Roma, magnificamente ornato col disegno del eruditissimo cavalier Pietro Leone Ghezzi ..	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 643998
Apparati by Pier Leone Ghezzi in the courtyard of Palazzo Altemps, celebrating the birth of the dauphin Louis, son of King Louis XV, on 26 November 1729	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

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