ID: 700000402 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000402	Record Type: Movable Work

[La chute des anges rebelles] (etching (print); Loir, Alexis (printmaker, 1640-1713), after an unexecuted de...; published ca. 1685-1686; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 691235; (OCoLC)ocn145882245; accession number: 2006.PR.6**)

Note: On February 3, 1686, Le Brun presented the print to Louvois, to whom it was dedicated; On Le Brun's painting (Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts), see Charles Le Brun, 1619-1690 : peintre et dessinateur, p. 107, no. 35. Also see, Jouin, H. Charles Le Brun et les arts sous Louis XIV, p. 462-463; Dedicated to Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, the print is after an unexecuted design by Charles Le Brun for the ceiling of the chapel at Versailles; The errant angels and Satan, shown in the form of a dragon, tumble to earth, intertwined, as Archangel Michael throws thunderbolts at them. In the 1670s, the French royal press published a suite of five magnificent prints assembled from 15 copperplates. They reproduce the large paintings Charles Le Brun and his assistants made for the king's collections (the paintings are now in Paris and Versailles). These prints served to disseminate the king's collections throughout Europe and met the Crown's demand that artists in royal service glorify the king—here, Louis XIV is presented as the new Alexander the Great, conqueror of the ancient world. The prints also demonstrate Le Brun's role as a teacher, as they contain lessons on every aspect of the Grand Manner, from the expressions of each figure to the structure of the compositions. Publisher: [ca. 1685-1686]

Titles:

[La chute des anges rebelles] (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Fall of the rebel angels (C,U,English,U,U)

Fall of the rebel angels: Unexecuted design for the chapel of Versailles (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))

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. 1685-1686

Creator Display:

Loir, Alexis (printmaker, 1640-1713), after an unexecuted design by Charles Le Brun [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Loir, Alexis, I (French silversmith and engraver, 1640-1713) [500115737]

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

dedicatee Louvois, Francçois-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de (French marquis and statesman, 1641-1691) [500288824]

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: 691235; (OCoLC)ocn145882245; accession number: 2006.PR.6**

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 (2 leaves): 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)

Dimensions: full sheet 97 x 70 cm, 2 leaves

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Fall of the Rebel Angels [901000135]
	.....((New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	angels (spirits) [300379004]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings)) (AAT)

	Book of Revelation [901000133]
	.....((Bible, New Testament, Bible, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	royal chapels [300007462]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by building type>, religious building spaces, Christian religious building spaces, chapels (rooms or structures), <chapels by function>) (AAT)

	damned (people) [300379006]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, <groups of people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	devils (spirits) [300379005]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings)) (AAT)

	Louvois, Francçois-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de (French marquis and statesman, 1641-1691) [500288824]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Michael, Archangel [901001176]
	.....((Old Testament characters, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

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

Inscriptions: C. Le Brun pinxit cum priuil. Regis ; Loir sculp. Inscriptions in the lower margin: Michael et Angeli ejus pr$58oeliabantur / ... / Illustrissimo Viro D.D. Michaeli le Tellier Marchioni de Louuois et de Courtanuaux, / ... / Michel et ses Anges combattoient / contre le Dragon, et ce Dragon qui / est appellé Diable fut precipité du Ciel / en terre et ses Anges avec luy.; Title from Le Blanc and Wildenstein.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[La chute des anges rebelles]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 691235
Fall of the rebel angels	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Fall of the rebel angels: Unexecuted design for the chapel of Versailles	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

....................... Le Blanc, C. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes 2: 561, no. 1

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