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ID: 700001243
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001243
Record Type: Movable Work
Liberté (etching (print); Janinet, Jean-François (printmaker, 1752-1814), delineated ...; published 1792; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2715-264; 715264; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,f.3);)
Note: The print is a companion of Equality, also engraved by Janinet; Enthroned, Liberty is dressed in classical attire, a club in her left hand and a bonnet or liberty cap in her right, the Hydra of despotism at her feet; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: 1792.
Titles:
Liberté (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)
Allegory of Liberty: Woman holding a club and a cap of liberty (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 1792

Creator Display:
Janinet, Jean-François (printmaker, 1752-1814), delineated by Moitte, Jean Guillaume [preferred,GRISC]
printmaker Janinet, Jean-François (French painter, 1752-1814) [500001382]
delineator Moitte, Jean Guillaume (French sculptor and draftsman, 1746-1810) [500008594]
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: 2715-264; 715264; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,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
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)
tooling [300053876]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <surface marking processes and techniques>)
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 37 x 26.5 cm
General Subject:
allegory (preferred)
history and legend

Specific Subjects:
Liberty [901001074]
.....((Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
liberty cap [300379146]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, <accessories by location on the head>, headgear, caps (headgear), <caps by form>) (AAT)
Hydra [901001023]
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
despotism [300055515]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, political concepts, <political ideologies and attitudes>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Liberté Moitte del. ; Janinet sculp. "LIBERTÉ / Moitte del. / 1792 / Janinet sculp."--inscribed on the pedestal.
Related Works:
pendant of .... Egalité [700001244]
..........etching (print); Janinet, Jean-François (printmaker, 1752-1814); published 1793; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2715-383; 715383; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,f.4);

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Liberté........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 715264
Allegory of Liberty: Woman holding a club and a cap of liberty........ [VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 6050
....................... Hennin 11793
Note:
English ..... [GRISC,VP]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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