ID: 700001158 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001158	Record Type: Movable Work

Positiones philosophicae (engraving (print); Pontius, Paulus (engraver, 1603-1658); Published: ca. 1636; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2579-995; 579995; accession number: 2005.PR.62**)

Note: A subsequent state of the print mentions the name of van Diepenbeeck in addition to that of Rubens, as the author of the drawing from which the print is derived (Antwerp, Stedelijk Prentenkabinet); Flemish engraver from Antwerp; The print announces the defense of Charles de La Vieuville's philosophy thesis, to be held at the College of Anchin in Douai on December 29, 1636 and presided over by the Jesuit Father Robertus de Vitry; Dedicated to Pope Urban VIII, the print displays a tablet inscribed with the philosophical positions of the defendant, who was abbot of the Monastery of St. Mary's of Savigny, near Avranches (Normandy). The upper half of the engraving simulates a tapestry that depicts the contest between Minerva and Neptune, before Juno and Jupiter, as told in Ovid's Metamorphoses; "59"--inscribed in pencil on mount.

Titles:

Positiones philosophicae (preferred,C,U,RP,Latin-P,U,U)

Contest between Minerva and Neptune: Defense of Charles de La Vieuville's philosophy thesis in Douai in 1636 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Contest between Minerva and Neptune (C,U,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: ca. 1636

Creator Display:

Pontius, Paulus (engraver, 1603-1658) [preferred,GRISC]

Pontius, Paulus (Flemish draftsman and engraver, 1603-1658) [500010060]

Term Not Found [500349564]

Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van (Flemish painter and glazier, 1596-1675) [500024425]

dedicatee Urban VIII, Pope (Italian pope, 1568-1644) [500057346]

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: 2579-995; 579995; accession number: 2005.PR.62**

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 (2 sheets): engraving

	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 91.7 x 60 cm, on mount 102.4 x 74 cm

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

religion and mythology

events

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Metamorphoses [901000110]
	.....((Literary works: Poetry, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Athena [901000069]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Neptune [901000243]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	philosophy [300054279]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities) (AAT)

	teaching [300069743]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, educational functions, educating) (AAT)

Provenance: Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein; rumbl ; Purchase

Inscriptions: Positiones philosophicae P.P. Rubens delin.; Paulus Pontius sculpsit.; tablet inscribed with the philosophical positions of the defendant; "59"--inscribed in pencil on mount

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Positiones philosophicae	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 579995
Contest between Minerva and Neptune: Defense of Charles de La Vieuville's philosophy thesis in Douai in 1636	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Contest between Minerva and Neptune	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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