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ID: 700001561
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001561
Record Type: Movable Work
Charles Montesquieu (engraving (print); Compagnie, Jean-Baptiste (printmaker); published: Rue du The...; Published: ca. 1700s; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2710-406; 710406; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.27,f.10))
Note: "Auteur de l'esprit des loix, / Né à la Brède près Bordeaux le 18 jan.r 1689 / Mort à Paris le 10 février 1755."--inscribed below the portrait; Not listed in IFF; A profile portrait bust of Montesquieu set within an oval medallion; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: A Paris : Rue du Théâtre français, [17-?].
Titles:
Charles Montesquieu (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
Charles Montesquieu; [graphic] / F. Bonneville del. ; J.B. Compagnie sculp. (C,U,undetermined,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)
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. 1700s

Creator Display:
Compagnie, Jean-Baptiste (printmaker); published: Rue du Théâtre français [preferred,GRISC]
printmaker Compagnie, Jean-Baptiste (French engraver, active 1794-ca. 1806) [500354580]
publishers unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]
Bonneville, François (French engraver and painter, active 1793-1802) [500008924]
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: 2710-406; 710406; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.27,f.10)
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: 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: plate mark 21.4 x 13.5 cm, on sheet 31 x 22 cm
General Subject:
portraits (preferred)
human figures

Specific Subjects:
Montesquieu, Baron de (French jurist and writer, 1689-1755) [500322774]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Charles Montesquieu F. Bonneville del. ; J.B. Compagnie sculp.; "Auteur de l'esprit des loix, / Né à la Brède près Bordeaux le 18 jan.r 1689 / Mort à Paris le 10 février 1755."--inscribed below the portrait
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Charles Montesquieu........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 710406
Charles Montesquieu; [graphic] / F. Bonneville del. ; J.B. Compagnie sculp......... [GRISC]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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