ID: 700000965 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000965	Record Type: Movable Work

Fons amplissimus reipublicæ Augustanæ ante ipsam curiam positus (engraving (print); Kilian, Lucas (engraver, 1579-1637), after a drawing by Fran...; published 1598; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 774678; accession number: 2007.PR.104*)

Note: Also titled The Fountain of August in Augsburg (cf. Hollstein); The print after a drawing by Franz Aspruck depicts the fountain of Augustus in Augsburg designed by Hubert Gerhard; German printmaker from Augsburg, who was apprenticed to his stepfather, Dominicus Custos, an engraver from Antwerp; Trimmed within plate mark. Publication: M.DXCVIII. [i.e. 1598].

Titles:

Fons amplissimus reipublicæ Augustanæ ante ipsam curiam positus (preferred,C,U,RP,Latin-P,U,U)

The fountain of August in Augsburg. (C,U,English,U,U)

Fountain of Augustus by Hubert Gerhard in Augsburg (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 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))

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 1598

Creator Display:

Kilian, Lucas (engraver, 1579-1637), after a drawing by Franz Aspruc [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Kilian, Lucas (German engraver and painter, 1579-1637) [500018390]

draftsman Aspruck, Franz (Flemish goldsmith, draftsman, and sculptor, born ca. 1570-1580) Qualifier: after [500005084]

artist Gerhard, Hubert (Dutch sculptor, born ca. 1540-1550, died before 1621, active in Germany) Extent: work depicted [500016667]

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: 774678; accession number: 2007.PR.104*

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

	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>)

	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: sheet 48 x 36.5 cm; trimmed within plate mark

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Fountain of Augustus [700001261]
	.....(Augustus Fountain [700001261], Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures [700009484], Movable Works [700000002]) (CONA)

	fountains [300006179]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, hydraulic structures, <hydraulic structures by function>, water distribution structures) (AAT)

	Augsburg [7004324]
	.....(Bavaria (state), Germany (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Augustus, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, 63 BCE-14 CE) [500058949]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	monuments [300006958]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>) (AAT)

	Fugger, Octavian Secundus (German patron and merchant, 1549-1600) [500312966]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: rumbl; Purchase.

Watermarks: shield with cross

Inscriptions: Fons amplissimus reipublicæ Augustanæ ante ipsam curiam positus opus Huberti Gerardi ; delineatio Francisci Aspruck Belgarum an. chr. ; primitiæ cælaturæ Luciæ Kiliani Augus a.o æt. XVIII. cura et impens. dom: custodis Aug. Vindel. M.DXCVIII. Below is a dedication of nine lines of the Senate of Augsburg to Octavius II Fugger.; "OPVS Huberti Ge:rardi. DELINEATIO Francisci Aspruck Belgarum AN. CHR."--lower left; "Primitiæ C$57AeLATVR$57Ae Luciæ Kiliani Augus a.o $57Aet. XVIII. CVRA ET IMPENS. Dom: Custodis Aug. Vindel. M.DXCVIII."--lower right.

Related Works:

	depicts .... Augustus Fountain [700001261]
	..........fountain; primary designer Adriaen de Vries, with bronze statues by Hu...; 1594; Augsburg (Bayern, Deutschland, Europe, World, Top of the TGN...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Fons amplissimus reipublicæ Augustanæ ante ipsam curiam positus	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 774678
The fountain of August in Augsburg.	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Fountain of Augustus by Hubert Gerhard in Augsburg	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

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