ID: 700000932 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000932	Record Type: Movable Work

Democritvs Gelasinus Abderites ex marmore antiquo (mezzotint (print); possibly by John Faber the Younger; after Peter Paul Rubens;...; published 18th century; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 567905; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: 2000.PR.16* (bx.1,f.4))

Note: Initial inscribed in the plate's lower margin: h; The mezzotint after Peter Paul Rubens, possibly by John Faber the Younger, is inscribed in the lower margin: ... / He trauelled ouer great part of the World for knowledge, & returning home confined Himself to a little Garden, where he might more freely meditate the / works of Nature ..; Forms part of the Leo Steinberg collection of prints (Special Collections accn. no. 2000.PR.16). Publication: [London] : Printed for, & sold by Tho: Bowles next the Chapt.r House in St. Pauls Church Y'd, [17--]

Titles:

Democritvs Gelasinus Abderites ex marmore antiquo (preferred,C,U,RP,Latin-P,U,U)

Democritus Gelasinus Abderites ex marmore antiquo (C,U,Latin,U,U)

Bust of Democritus, after Peter Paul Rubens (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mezzotint (print) [300041356] (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, engravings (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))

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 18th century

Creator Display:

possibly by John Faber the Younger; after Peter Paul Rubens; published: Tho: Bowles next the Chapt.r House in St. Pauls Church Y'd [preferred,GRISC]

publishers Bowles, Thomas (British draftsman and engraver, ca. 1712-after 1753) [500003830]

artist Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter, 1577-1640) Qualifier: after Extent: work depicted [500002921]

printmaker Faber, John, the younger (Dutch printmaker, ca. 1695-1756, active in England) [500021840]

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: 567905; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: 2000.PR.16* (bx.1,f.4)

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: London [7011781] (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: mezzotint

	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>)

	mezzotint (process) [300053233]
	.......(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))

Dimensions: plate mark 35.1 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 36.1 x 26 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

another work

history and legend

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Democritus (Ancient Greek philosopher, ca. 460-ca. 370 BCE) [500353802]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	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)) (AAT)

	busts (general, figures) [300047457]
	.....(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)

Provenance: Steinberg, Leo; stein purchase

Inscriptions: Democritvs Gelasinus Abderites ex marmore antiquo P.P. Rubens del.t. inscribed in the lower margin: ... / He trauelled ouer great part of the World for knowledge, & returning home confined Himself to a little Garden, where he might more freely meditate the / works of Nature ...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Democritvs Gelasinus Abderites ex marmore antiquo	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 567905
Democritus Gelasinus Abderites ex marmore antiquo	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Bust of Democritus, after Peter Paul Rubens	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

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