ID: 700000625 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000625	Record Type: Movable Work

Prestation de serment de Son Excellence mr. le marquis de Vergennes, ambassadeur de Sa Majesté très chrétienne, et de m.rs les députés du louable corps helvétique, dans l'église collégiale de St. Urs et St. Victor a Soleure, a l'occasion du renouvellement de l'alliance, le XXV d'aoust MDCCLXXVII (etching (print); Mechel, Christian von (printmaker, 1737-1817); after drawin...; Published: 1779; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 854989; accession number: 2009.PR.48**)

Note: From a series of four prints after drawings by Lorenz Ludwig Midart, known as Cérémonie du renouvellement de l'alliance entre la France et la Suisse, 1779; "Dessiné à Soleure par L: Midart"--lower left; Two columns of text with six lines of inscriptions each; Ambassador Jean Gravier de Vergennes and Swiss officials are shown taking the oath of the renewal of the alliance between France and the Swiss Confederation in the Church of St. Urs and St. Victor in Solothurn on 25 August 1777. Publication: A Basle : Chez Chrétien de Mechel, graveur, membre du conseil souverain de la ville et république de Basle, et de diverses académies, [1779].

Titles:

Prestation de serment de Son Excellence mr. le marquis de Vergennes, ambassadeur de Sa Majesté très chrétienne, et de m.rs les députés du louable corps helvétique, dans l'église collégiale de St. Urs et St. Victor a Soleure, a l'occasion du renouvellement de l'alliance, le XXV d'aoust MDCCLXXVII (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Oath of the renewal of the alliance between France and the Swiss Confederation in 1777 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Prestation de serment de Son Excellence mr. le marquis de Vergennes, ambassadeur de Sa Majesté très chrétienne, et de m.rs les députés du louable corps helvétique, dans l'église collégiale de St. Urs et St. Victor a Soleure, a l'occasion du renouvellement de l'alliance, le XXV d'aoust MDCCLXXVII; [graphic] / dédiée a Sa Majesté très-chrétienne Louis XVI, roi de France & de Navarre &c. &c. &c: par son très-humble & très-soumis serviteur Chrétien de Mechel. (C,U,French,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)

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: 1779

Creator Display:

Mechel, Christian von (printmaker, 1737-1817); after drawings by Lorenz Ludwig Midart; published: Chez Chrétien de Mechel, graveur, membre du conseil souverain de la ville et république de Basle, et de diverses académies [preferred,GRISC]

Mechel, Christian von (Swiss engraver and publisher, 1737-1817) [500057125]

Midart, Laurent Louis (Swiss engraver, 1733-1800) [500185690]

dedicatee Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]

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: 854989; accession number: 2009.PR.48**

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: Basel [7007269] Basle-Town (canton), Switzerland (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: image 61 x 50.5 cm, on sheet 79.5 x 55 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

human figures

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	alliance [300232423]
	.....(Agents Facet, Organizations (hierarchy name), organizations (groups), associations) (AAT)

	oaths [300027206]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, testimonies) (AAT)

	St. Ursen-Kathedrale [700000357]
	.....(St. Ursen-Kathedrale [700000357], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Jean Gravier, Marquis de Vergennes (French ambassador, 1718-1794) [500353677]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

	Solothurn [7003758]
	.....(Switzerland (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	France [1000070]
	.....(Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Switzerland [7011731]
	.....(Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	international relations [300054441]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), social sciences, political science) (AAT)

	depictions (visual works) [300248231]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)

Provenance: The Paul and Marianne Gourary Collection; chris; Purchase at Christie's New York, Splendid Ceremonies the Paul and Marianne Gourary Collection of Illustrated Fête Books auction, June 12, 2009, lot 31.

Inscriptions: Prestation de serment de Son Excellence mr. le marquis de Vergennes, ambassadeur de Sa Majesté très chrétienne, et de m.rs les députés du louable corps helvétique, dans l'église collégiale de St. Urs et St. Victor a Soleure, a l'occasion du renouvellement de l'alliance, le XXV d'aoust MDCCLXXVII dédiée a Sa Majesté très-chrétienne Louis XVI, roi de France & de Navarre &c. &c. &c: par son très-humble & très-soumis serviteur Chrétien de Mechel.; Two columns of text with six lines of inscriptions each

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Prestation de serment de Son Excellence mr. le marquis de Vergennes, ambassadeur de Sa Majesté très chrétienne, et de m.rs les députés du louable corps helvétique, dans l'église collégiale de St. Urs et St. Victor a Soleure, a l'occasion du renouvellement de l'alliance, le XXV d'aoust MDCCLXXVII	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 854989
Oath of the renewal of the alliance between France and the Swiss Confederation in 1777	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Prestation de serment de Son Excellence mr. le marquis de Vergennes, ambassadeur de Sa Majesté très chrétienne, et de m.rs les députés du louable corps helvétique, dans l'église collégiale de St. Urs et St. Victor a Soleure, a l'occasion du renouvellement de l'alliance, le XXV d'aoust MDCCLXXVII; [graphic] / dédiée a Sa Majesté très-chrétienne Louis XVI, roi de France & de Navarre &c. &c. &c: par son très-humble & très-soumis serviteur Chrétien de Mechel.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Wüthrich 92

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