ID: 700000307 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000307	Record Type: Movable Work

[Préparatifs du grand feu d'artifice que S.E.M. le cardinal de Polignac fit tirer à Rome dans la place Navonne le 30 novembre 1729 pour la naissance de monseigneur le dauphin] (etching (print); Cochin, Charles Nicolas (etcher, 1715-1790); completed by Co...; published ca. 1735; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 940))

Note: According to Charles-Antoine Jombert, the print was etched by Charles-Nicolas Cochin in 1735, and completed by the engraving process by his mother Louise-Magdeleine Hortemels in 1736 (cf. Jombert, C.-A. Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Ch. Nic. Cochin fils, Paris : De l'imprimerie de Prault, 1770, no. 24). The print was announced in October 1737 in the Mercure de France; Title from: Roux; The print shows the preparations in Piazza Navona in Rome for the fireworks display commissioned by Cardinal Melchior de Polignac and held on 30 November 1729 in honor of the birth of the dauphin Louis, son of King Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska; Derived from a drawing by Jacques Dumont Le Romain, the etching is based on a veduta painted by Giovanni Paolo Panini (The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, no. 95) that records the ephemeral arches and other festival decorations designed by Pier Leone Ghezzi; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**).

Titles:

[Préparatifs du grand feu d'artifice que S.E.M. le cardinal de Polignac fit tirer à Rome dans la place Navonne le 30 novembre 1729 pour la naissance de monseigneur le dauphin] (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Preparations for fireworks in Piazza Navona, Rome, for dauphin Louis in 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)

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))

proofs before letters [300178646]

..... (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 function>, proofs (prints by function))

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)

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 ca. 1735

Creator Display:

Cochin, Charles Nicolas (etcher, 1715-1790); completed by Cochin, Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels (1686-1767); based on a veduta painted by Giovanni Paolo Panini [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Cochin, Charles Nicolas (French engraver, 1688-1754) [500008603]

printmaker Hortemels, Louise-Magdeleine (French engraver, 1686-1767) [500121421]

draftsman Dumont, Jacques (Le Romain) (French painter and printmaker, 1701-1781) [500029042]

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

artist Panini, Giovanni Paolo (Italian painter, architect, and scenographer, 1691-1765) Qualifier: after [500018296]

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: (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 940)

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: 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>)

	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: image 39.2 x 88.1 cm, on sheet 46 x 90.2 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

history and legend

architecture

another work

Specific Subjects:

	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)

	fireworks (visual works) [300249836]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

	Piazza Navona [7544539]
	.....(Rome (inhabited place), Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

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

	customs (social concepts) [300055807]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)

	Roma [7000874]
	.....(Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

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

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

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

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

Provenance: xxx

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Préparatifs du grand feu d'artifice que S.E.M. le cardinal de Polignac fit tirer à Rome dans la place Navonne le 30 novembre 1729 pour la naissance de monseigneur le dauphin]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 644067
Preparations for fireworks in Piazza Navona, Rome, for dauphin Louis in 1729	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

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

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