ID: 700001362 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001362	Record Type: Movable Work

Christ and the four penitents (mezzotint (print); Green, Valentine (printmaker, 1739-1813); Published: May 31s...; Published: 1792; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2580-023; 580023; accession number: 2005.PR.58**)

Note: Inscription in the lower margin: To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore Elector Palatine Reigning Duke of Bavaria, &c. &c. &c. this PLATE Engraved by his Gracious Permission / from the Original Picture in the Electoral Gallery of Dusseldorf, is dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants / Valentine Green / Rupert Green; In 1789 the English printmaker Valentine Green and his son Rupert were granted monopoly over engravings of paintings in the Electoral Gallery at Düsseldorf by the Elector Charles Theodore Pfalz-Sulzbach of Bavaria; The print is after Peter Paul Rubens's painting also known as Christ and the repentant sinners (Munich, Alte Pinakothek, Inv. 329, formerly Düsseldorf, Electoral Gallery); "37"--penciled in left margin of mount. Publication: [London] : Published May 31st. 1792 by V & R Green Newman Street, London, [1792].

Titles:

Christ and the four penitents (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Christ and the four penitents; [graphic] =; Jesus Christ recevant la pénitance des quatre pécheurs / painted by P. P. Rubens ; engraved by V. Green mezzotinto engraver to His Majesty & to the Elector Palatine. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mezzotint (print) [300041356] (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))

reproductive print [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))

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: 1792

Creator Display:

Green, Valentine (printmaker, 1739-1813); Published: May 31st. 1792 by V & R Green Newman Street, London [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Green, Valentine (English engraver and draftsman, 1739-1813) [500021991]

printmaker Green, Rupert (English engraver and publisher, ca. 1768-1804) [500353663]

painter Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter, 1577-1640) Extent: work depicted [500002921]

Liechtenstein, House of (Liechtenstein family of rulers, contemporary) [500339297]

Carl Theodore - Elector of Bavaria (Bavarian ruler, 1724-1799 ) [500354157]

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: 2580-023; 580023; accession number: 2005.PR.58**

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: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: mezzotint

	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>)

	mezzotint (process) [300053233]
	.......(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))

Dimensions: plate mark 63.8 x 50.7 cm, on sheet 63.9 x 51 cm, on mount 102.5 x 75 cm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

another work

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	David, King of Israel [901001014]
	.....((Old Testament characters, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Dismas, Saint [901000365]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Jesus Christ [901000087]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Mary Magdalene, Saint [901000161]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Peter, Saint [901000056]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	repentance [300379219]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts) (AAT)

Provenance: Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein; rumbl ; Purchase

Inscriptions: Christ and the four penitents Jesus Christ recevant la pénitance des quatre pécheurs / painted by P. P. Rubens ; engraved by V. Green mezzotinto engraver to His Majesty & to the Elector Palatine; Inscription in the lower margin: To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore Elector Palatine Reigning Duke of Bavaria, &c. &c. &c. this PLATE Engraved by his Gracious Permission / from the Original Picture in the Electoral Gallery of Dusseldorf, is dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants / Valentine Green / Rupert Green

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Christ and the four penitents	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 580023
Christ and the four penitents; [graphic] =; Jesus Christ recevant la pénitance des quatre pécheurs / painted by P. P. Rubens ; engraved by V. Green mezzotinto engraver to His Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Schneevoogt, C. G. Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P. P. Rubens no. 1bis

....................... Whitman. Valentine Green no. 266

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