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ID: 700001249
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001249
Record Type: Movable Work
La Probité (stipple engraving (print); Le Fèvre, J.F (printmaker); published: Chez Basset, rue Jac...; published ca. 1792; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2715-472; 715472; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,f.7);)
Note: In an oval frame, Probity stands, dressed in classical attire, her right hand on a rod with a scrolled banderole inscribed: "Ne fais pas à Autrui / ce que tu ne voudrois pas / qui te fut fait."; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*).
Titles:
La Probité (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)
Allegory of Probity: Standing woman holding a scrolled banderole (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
stipple engraving (print) [300041364] (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))
color prints (prints) [300041504]
..... (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 (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 ca. 1792

Creator Display:
Le Fèvre, J.F (printmaker); published: Chez Basset, rue Jacques, au coin de celle des Mathurins, no. 670 [preferred,GRISC]
printmaker Le Fèvre, J. F. (French engraver, active late 18th century) [500354380]
publishers Basset, Paul-André (French engraver, active 1785-1830) [500353711]
draftsman Boizot, Louis-Simon (French sculptor, 1743-1809) [500002158]
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: 2715-472; 715472; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,f.7)
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] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: 1 print: stipple engraving, colored
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>)
stipple engraving (printing process) [300053239]
.......(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))
coloring (process) [300053043]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: oval image 19.2 x 15 cm, plate mark 33 x 24.6 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 27 cm
General Subject:
allegory (preferred)
human figures

Specific Subjects:
Probity [901000287]
.....((Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)
emblem (allegorical picture) [300123040]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>) (AAT)
Integrity [901000260]
.....((Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
woman (female human) [300025943]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: La Probité dessiné par Boizot ; gravé par Lefevre. Scrolled banderole inscribed: "Ne fais pas à Autrui / ce que tu ne voudrois pas / qui te fut fait."
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
La Probité........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 715472
Allegory of Probity: Standing woman holding a scrolled banderole........ [VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Hennin 11985 (bistre)
....................... Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIIe siècle / Yves Sjoberg vol. 13, p. 502, no. 3
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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