ID: 700001584 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001584	Record Type: Movable Work

Maximilien Robespierre (stipple engraving (print); Jean Dominique Etienne Canu (French engraver, 1768-after 181...; Published: ca. 1796; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2712-123; 712123; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.28,f.5))

Note: Watermark: bunch of grapes; Born in Paris and a student of Antoine de Launay, Canu was documented as a printmaker starting in 1796; The portrait medallion shows Robespierre in profile pressing a heart from which blood flows into a cup; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1796].

Titles:

Maximilien Robespierre (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Depiction of portrait medallion of Maximilien Robespierre (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Maximilien Robespierre; [graphic] :; naquit à Arras et fut guilliotiné à Paris le 10 thermidor an 2 / Canu. (C,U,undetermined,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))

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. 1796

Creator Display:

Jean Dominique Etienne Canu (French engraver, 1768-after 1816) [preferred,GRISC]

Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne (French engraver, 1768-after 1816) [500092130]

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: 2712-123; 712123; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.28,f.5)

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: stipple engraving, b&w

	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))

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

Dimensions: plate mark 12.5 x 7.7 cm., on sheet 18 x 11 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Robespierre, Maximilien (French revolutionary and lawyer, 1758-1794) [500354298]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	blood (animal material) [300011797]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, <animal material by form or function>, <animal material by excretions| secretions| and fluids>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Maximilien Robespierre naquit à Arras et fut guilliotiné à Paris le 10 thermidor an 2 / Canu.

Marks: Watermark: bunch of grapes

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Maximilien Robespierre	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 712123
Depiction of portrait medallion of Maximilien Robespierre	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Maximilien Robespierre; [graphic] :; naquit à Arras et fut guilliotiné à Paris le 10 thermidor an 2 / Canu.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 6527

....................... Hennin 11933

....................... Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du dix-huitième siècle / par Marcel Roux vol. 3, p. 428, no. 1

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