ID: 700001426 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001426	Record Type: Movable Work

Ernestine comt: de Durazzo née C: Weissenwolff ambassadrice imperiale a Venise (etching (print); David, Giovanni (1743-1790); Published: ca. 1775-ca. 1780; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2608-081; 608081; accession number: 2003.PR.62*)

Note: The printmaker Giovanni Vitalba studied with Joseph Wagner in Venice and worked with Francesco Bartolozzi; Giovanni David, a painter and printmaker from Cabella Ligure in the region of Genoa, was first active in Rome. In 1775, he moved to Venice where he was a protégé of Count Giacomo Durazzo from Genoa, imperial ambassador to the court of Vienna; A profile portrait of Ernestine Durazzo, née Weissenwolf, spouse of the diplomat, bibliophile and collector Giacomo Durazzo, appears within an oval. A frame surrounding the oval is decorated with two books, a cushion, a stringed instrument and sheet of music, two doves, and a bow and quiver of arrows; The print served as a pendant to the etched portrait of Count Giacomo Durazzo.

Titles:

Ernestine comt: de Durazzo née C: Weissenwolff ambassadrice imperiale a Venise (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Profile portrait of Ernestine Durazzo, née Weissenwolf (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Ernestine comt: de Durazzo née C: Weissenwolff ambassadrice imperiale a Venise; [graphic] / David gen. in. et ornau. ; Vitalba uultum perfec. (C,U,undetermined,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)

aquatint (print) [300041366]

..... (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, etchings (prints))

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: ca. 1775-ca. 1780

Creator Display:

David, Giovanni (1743-1790) [preferred,GRISC]

artist David, Giovanni (Italian painter and engraver, 1743-1790) [500009295]

Vitalba, Giovanni (Italian engraver and etcher, 1738-1792, active in England) [500050271]

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: 2608-081; 608081; accession number: 2003.PR.62*

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, aquatint

	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>)

	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)

	aquatint (printing process) [300053242]
	.......(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, etching (printing process))

Dimensions: plate mark 27 x 21.3 cm, on sheet 45 x 32 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Durazzo, Ernestine (German Italian noble, born ca. 1732) [500372753]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	collectors [300025234]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

	history (literary genre) [300026358]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	musical instruments [300041620]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by function>) (AAT)

	depictions (visual works) [300248231]
	.....(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>) (AAT)

	emblems (symbols) [300123036]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, symbols) (AAT)

Provenance: cgboe purchase

Inscriptions: Ernestine comt: de Durazzo née C: Weissenwolff ambassadrice imperiale a Venise David gen. in. et ornau. ; Vitalba uultum perfec.

Related Works:

	pendant of .... J. comte de Durazzo noble genois ambassadeur imperial a Venise [700001425]
	..........etching (print); Giovanni David (Italian painter and engraver, 1743-1790); Published: ca. 1775-ca. 1780; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2604-873; 604873; accession number: 2003.PR.61*

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Ernestine comt: de Durazzo née C: Weissenwolff ambassadrice imperiale a Venise	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 608081
Profile portrait of Ernestine Durazzo, née Weissenwolf	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Ernestine comt: de Durazzo née C: Weissenwolff ambassadrice imperiale a Venise; [graphic] / David gen. in. et ornau. ; Vitalba uultum perfec.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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