ID: 700000422 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000422	Record Type: Movable Work

Louis Pecour pensionnaire du roy, compositeur des balets de l'Academie royalle de Musique, et maitre a danser de Mad.e la duchesse de Bourgogne (engraving (print); François Chereau the Elder (French printmaker, 1680-1729)...; Published: between 1704 and 17...; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 543034; accession number: 2000.PR.39**;)

Note: Title from caption in lower margin of plate; Louis Guillaume Pécourt (1653-1729) was a famous French dancer and choreographer at the court of Louis XIV; he also was appointed as ballet teacher of the Duchess of Burgundy Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685-1712) when the Duchess was twelve years old and remained in this position until the Duchess's death; Louis Guillaume's brother, Louis Alexandre (1656-1743), was also a dancer (cf. Jal); Along with François de Troy, Hyacinthe Rigaud and Nicolas de Largillière, Robert Levrac-Tournières is considered one of the best French portrait painters of his time (cf. Thieme-Becker). His portrait painting of Pécourt is missing and known only in the engraved version by Chéreau; the original painting was last shown at the Salon of 1704 (cf. Dimier); Marcel Roux describes two states of this print: one without an imprint statement and one with Chéreau's widow in the imprint statement at the bottom. The print is also listed by Le Blanc and by Portalis and Béraldi; A reproductive print after Robert Levrac-Tournières. Half-length portrait of Pécourt, turned to the left, with both arms leaning on a wall or railing, the right hand resting on an open book of dance notations; wearing stage clothes or a gala costume and a feather-decorated hat similar to a beret; François Chéreau The Elder (1680-1729) was born in Blois and died in Paris. Founder of the well known French family of artists, printers and art dealers, he was named Graveur du Cabinet du Roi and became a renowned and prolific portrait engraver under Louis XIV.

Titles:

Louis Pecour pensionnaire du roy, compositeur des balets de l'Academie royalle de Musique, et maitre a danser de Mad.e la duchesse de Bourgogne (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Half-length portrait of Guillaume Louis Pécourt (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

engraving (print) [300041340] (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 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: between 1704 and 1712

Creator Display:

François Chereau the Elder (French printmaker, 1680-1729); after lost painting by Robert Levrac-Tournières [preferred,GRISC]

engraver (printmaker) Chereau, François, the elder (French printmaker, 1680-1729) [500063071]

painter Levrac-Tournières, Robert (French painter, 1667-1752) Extent: work depicted [500025191]

publisher unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

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: 543034; accession number: 2000.PR.39**

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, b&w

	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: image 37 x 28 cm, on sheet 42 x 30 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Pécourt, Guillaume Louis (French dancer and choreographer, ca. 1651-1729) [500353900]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	single-sitter portrait [300404138]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

	half-length figures [300047469]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Louis Pecour pensionnaire du roy, compositeur des balets de l'Academie royalle de Musique, et maitre a danser de Mad.e la duchesse de Bourgogne peint par R. Tourniere ; gravé par F. Chereau.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Louis Pecour pensionnaire du roy, compositeur des balets de l'Academie royalle de Musique, et maitre a danser de Mad.e la duchesse de Bourgogne	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 543034
Half-length portrait of Guillaume Louis Pécourt	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

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

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

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