ID: 700000406 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000406	Record Type: Movable Work

Projet d'une place pour le roy (etching (print); Le Canu, A (printmaker); published: Chez la v.e de F. Cherea...; Published: 1756; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 721936; (OCoLC)ocn145884204; (OCoLC)145884204; accession number: 2007.PR.83**)

Note: Drawings for elements of the composition that are not architectural are attributed to Jean-Michel Moreau (cf. Bocher); Architectural engraver; The print after Louis-Joseph Le Lorain and Jean-Michel Moreau represents an unrealized project for a monumental square in honor of King Louis XV of France.

Titles:

Projet d'une place pour le roy (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Unrealized project for a monumental square in honor of King Louis XV of France (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)

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: 1756

Creator Display:

Le Canu, A (printmaker); published: Chez la v.e de F. Chereau rue S.t Jacques aux 2 Piliers d'or [preferred,GRISC]

publishers Chereau, François, the elder (French printmaker, 1680-1729) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500063071]

Le Lorrain, Louis-Joseph (French painter and printmaker, 1715-1759, active in Russia) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500031999]

Le Canu, A. (French printmaker, active 18th century) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500353789]

Moreau, Jean Michel (French printmaker, 1741-1814) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500028967]

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: 721936; (OCoLC)ocn145884204; (OCoLC)145884204; accession number: 2007.PR.83**

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, engraving, b&w

	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)

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

Dimensions: sheet 39.4 x 49.7 cm., on mount 51.5 x 74.6 cm

General Subject:

another work (preferred)

architecture

structures

Specific Subjects:

	equestrian statues [300047606]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>, statues) (AAT)

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

Provenance: rumbl; Purchase.; Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein

Inscriptions: Projet d'une place pour le roy Le Lorain inv. ; gravé par Le Canu. "Dédié à Monsieur de La Live de Jully, Introducteur des Ambassadeurs, Honoraire de l'Academie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture / Par son tres Humble et tres Obeissant Serviteur A. Le Canu"--lower margin; "72"-blue stamp, lower left; "179"--in left margin; "105"--in right margin. Published: A Paris: Chez la v.e de F. Chereau rue S.t Jacques aux 2 Piliers d'or, [1756].

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Projet d'une place pour le roy	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 721936
Unrealized project for a monumental square in honor of King Louis XV of France	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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