ID: 700001228 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001228	Record Type: Movable Work

Au premier citoyen (etching (print); Le Coeur, Louis (printmaker, fl. 1780-1806); published 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2713-692; 713692; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.27,f.4))

Note: The sitter has been identified as King Louis XVI of France who, in other portraits, is discribed as the first citizen of France (de Vinck); alternate identification has been Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, Comte de Provence (later Louis XVIII, King of France) (Renouvier); Dated 1789 in the Inventaire du fonds français; French printmaker and publisher in Paris, a student of Debucourt; The portrait bust in an oval medallion is set within a fleur-de-lys decorated frame, below which is a tablet inscribed: AU PREMIER CITOYEN. The sitter wears the insignia of the orders of the Holy Spirit and of the Golden Fleece; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [1789].

Titles:

Au premier citoyen (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

First Citizen of France: King Louis XVI or Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, Comte de Provence (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

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)

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 1789

Creator Display:

Le Coeur, Louis (printmaker, fl. 1780-1806) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Le Coeur, Louis (French engraver and etcher, active late 18th century) [500018955]

delineator Bertaux, Jacques (French painter and draftsman, ca. 1745-1818) [500007982]

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: 2713-692; 713692; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.27,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: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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)

	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>)

Dimensions: sheet 21.5 x 16.5 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

didactic and propaganda

Specific Subjects:

	Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	bust (general, figure) [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)

	portraits [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	kings (people) [300025481]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>, rulers (people), monarchs) (AAT)

	three-quarter view [300117363]
	.....(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>, <images by vantage point or orientation>, oblique views) (AAT)

	Louis XVIII, King of France (French king, 1755-1824) [500122368]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Au premier citoyen. Bertaux del.; Le C$58oeur sculp.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Au premier citoyen	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 713692
First Citizen of France: King Louis XVI or Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, Comte de Provence	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-) note

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

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

....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 482

....................... Hennin 10505

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