ID: 700001221 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001221	Record Type: Movable Work

Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis (etching (print); Maignen (French publisher, active late 18th century); Published: 1790s; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2699-742; 699742; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.21,f.3))

Note: Inscription in the lower margin: Après mille ans et plus de guerre déclarée ... /; Based on the fable of The wolves and the sheep by La Fontaine (III, 13), the satirical print represents an ewe dressed as a nun and a wolf, concluding a peace treaty; The sheep that, in exchange for peace, have let go of their guardian dogs, are being attacked by wolves in the background; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: A Paris : Chez Maignen, rue St. Denis vis-a-vis celle de la Chanvrerie, no. 86, [179-].

Titles:

Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Wolves making peace with the sheep: Satirical print of tyrannical injustice in which a victim is falsely accused (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis; [graphic]. (C,U,undetermined,,)

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)

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: 1790s

Creator Display:

Maignen (French publisher, active late 18th century) [preferred,GRISC]

publisher Maignen (French publisher, active late 18th century) [500354322]

etcher unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

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: 2699-742; 699742; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.21,f.3)

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)

Address Note: rue St. Denis vis-a-vis celle de la Chanvrerie, no. 86

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, tool work, 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)

	tool work (printmaking marks) [300379420]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <identifying markings and symbols>, marks (identifying markings), <marks by process or technique>)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: plate mark 31.5 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 40 x 48 cm

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

satire

literary

Specific Subjects:

	Wolves and the Lamb [901001429]
	.....((Fables, Literary works: Prose (novels, etc.), Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	caricatures [300015634]
	.....(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)

	treaty [300027956]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, records (documents), <records by form or function>, legal documents, legal instruments, agreements, international agreements) (AAT)

	French Revolution [901000102]
	.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	atrocities [300379127]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts, social issues, social conflict) (AAT)

	La Fontaine, Jean de (French poet, 1621-1695) [500258332]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis; Inscription in the lower margin: Après mille ans et plus de guerre déclarée ... /

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 699742
Wolves making peace with the sheep: Satirical print of tyrannical injustice in which a victim is falsely accused	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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