ID: 700001330 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001330	Record Type: Movable Work

[Allegorical portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert] (engraving (print); Schuppen, Pieter Louis van (engraver, 1627-1702), after Phil...; Published: 1664; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2666-686; 666686; (OCoLC)ocm79409213; (CMalG)2602-798; accession number: 2003.PR.20** (FF. 1))

Note: Also known as: Frontispice de thèse (cf. Wildenstein); On a portrait of Colbert by Philippe de Champaigne, see Dorival, B. Philippe de Champaigne 1602-1674. On a related portrait print by Robert Nanteuil, see Petitjean, Ch. Catalogue de l' oeuvre gravé de Robert Nanteuil, no. 50. The portrait after a painting by Philippe de Champaigne appears as the centerpiece of a tapestry, enclosed within an allegorical composition designed by Charles Le Brun that comprises a seated figure of Minerva (Athena); Forms part of Reproductive prints after Charles Le Brun (Special Collections accn. no. 2003.PR.20**); "121" in ink, lower left of mount; "No. 61."--in pencil below print on mount, an illegible marking in pencil and number "34" in lower right, "126" in pencil in the left.1664. (34501/publishers)

Titles:

[Allegorical portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Frontispice de thèse (C,U,French,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 prints [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))

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: 1664

Creator Display:

Schuppen, Pieter Louis van (engraver, 1627-1702), after Philippe de Champaigne and Charles Le Brun [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Schuppen, Pieter Louis van (Flemish printmaker and draftsman, 1627-1702) [500032370]

artist Le Brun, Charles (French designer, painter, 1619-1690) Extent: work depicted [500016215]

artist Philippe de Champaigne (French painter and draftsman, 1602-1674) Extent: work depicted [500115355]

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: 2666-686; 666686; (OCoLC)ocm79409213; (CMalG)2602-798; accession number: 2003.PR.20** (FF. 1)

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: engraving, b&w

	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>)

	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)

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

Dimensions: 44.2 x 52 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

allegory

human figures

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Colbert, Jean Baptiste (French politician, 1619-1683) [500257321]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	single-sitter portrait [300404138]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

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

	tapestry (wall hanging) [300205002]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, coverings and hangings, <coverings and hangings by specific type>, <coverings and hangings by location or context>, <coverings and hangings for surface elements>, wall hangings) (AAT)

Provenance: rumbl Purchase; Collection of the Princes of Liechtenstein

Inscriptions: Char. Le Brun inuentor ; Phi. Champaigne ad viuum pinxit ; P. Van Schuppen sculpebat 1664. "P. Van Schuppen Sculpebat 1664"--lower right; "Char. le Brun Inuentor"--lower left; "Phi. Champaigne ad viuum Pinxit"--lower portion of portrait frame.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Allegorical portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 666686
Frontispice de thèse	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Wildenstein, D. "Les $58oeuvres de Charles Le Brun ..." Gaz. des beaux-arts v. 66, 1965, p. 55, 293

....................... Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings XXVI, p. 77, 34

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