ID: 700001112 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001112	Record Type: Movable Work

Livre de portraiture du Poussin (etchings (prints); Jean Pesne (French painter and printmaker, 1623-1700); Chez ...; Published: between 1703 and 17...; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 615550; (OCoLC)ocm82221831; accession number: 2003.PR.146*)

Note: Plates 23, 25-30 are bound vertically; Plates of various sizes, some oblong (plate marks ca. 18.7 x 26.4 cm. or smaller) are glued to paper borders extending to size ca. 25 x 37.3 cm; A portrait of Nicolas Poussin in a medallion, crowned with flowers by two putti, is engraved in the title leaf. Plates 2-30 are studies for representing facial features, heads, gestures and parts of the body (eyes, busts, hands, arms, feet, legs, and torsoes); Watermarks: vertical and 2 horizontal bars (or letter H), surmounted by crown; coat of arms: 3 stars in shield; Bound with: Têtes d'études. Paris : Chez N. Langlois, [16--] -- Livre pour aprendre à désigner .... A Paris : Chez Audran, [ca. 1680] -- Nouveau livre de dessin de N. Poussin. A Paris : Chez la v. de F. de Poilly, [not after 1712]. (Moved from 87-B16866 c.1. to 2003.PR.146*)

Titles:

Livre de portraiture du Poussin (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Book of figure studies by Poussin (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Livre de portraiture du Poussin; [graphic] / par I. Pesne. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: items

Work Types:

etchings (prints) [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)

engravings (prints) [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)

drypoints (prints) [300041349]

..... (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 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: between 1703 and 1707

Creator Display:

Jean Pesne (French painter and printmaker, 1623-1700); Chez N. Langlois Fils (French publisher, active 17th century); after Poussin [preferred,GRISC,VP]

etcher Pesne, Jean (French painter and printmaker, 1623-1700) [500027307]

publishers Chez N. Langlois Fils (French publisher, active 17th century) [500353942]

painter Poussin, Nicolas (French painter and draftsman, 1594-1665, active in Italy) Extent: work depicted [500005036]

publisher Langlois, Nicolas (French publisher, 1670-1707) [500353941]

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: 615550; (OCoLC)ocm82221831; accession number: 2003.PR.146*

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] (Geographic)

Display Materials: 30 leaves of plates: engraving, etching, drypoint

	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)

	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)

	drypoint (printing process) [300053228]
	.......(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: ca. 25 x 37.3 cm, 30 leaves

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Poussin, Nicolas (French painter and draftsman, 1594-1665, active in Italy) [500005036]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	physiognomy [300054424]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), social sciences, behavioral sciences, <psychology and related disciplines>, psychology-related disciplines) (AAT)

	figures (representations) [300189808]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	history (literary genre) [300026358]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

Watermarks: vertical and 2 horizontal bars (or letter H), surmounted by crown; coat of arms: 3 stars in shield.

Inscriptions: Livre de portraiture du Poussin par I. Pesne.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Livre de portraiture du Poussin	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 615550
Book of figure studies by Poussin	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Livre de portraiture du Poussin; [graphic] / par I. Pesne.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Robert-Dumesnil, A. P. F. Le peintre-graveur français nos. 52-81

....................... Weigert, R.-A. et al. Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du 17e siècle t. 6, no. 158

....................... Wildenstein, G. "Les graveurs de Poussin au XVIIe siècle," Gazette des beaux-arts vol. 46, 1955, p. 257-258, nos. 193-222

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