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ID: 700001587
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001587
Record Type: Movable Work
Agricola Viala (stipple engraving (print); published by Bance, Charles; published ca. 1794; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2712-638; 712638; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.24,f.6))
Note: During the combat between royalists of Marseille and republicans of the Vaucluse along the Durance River, the young Viala was mortally wounded. He became a martyr for the Revolution; The portrait bust of the young revolutionary Joseph Agricol Viala of Avignon, who brandishes an axe, is set within an oval medallion that is enclosed within a rectangular frame decorated with horizontal lines; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1794].
Titles:
Agricola Viala (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,U,U)
Portrait of revolutionary Joseph Agricol Viala of Avignon (C,U,DE,English,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))
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 ca. 1794

Creator Display:
published by Bance, Charles [preferred,VP]
publishers Bance, Charles (French publisher and engraver, active 1793-1823) [500354610]
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: 2712-638; 712638; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.24,f.6)
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))
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>)

Dimensions: plate mark 21.6 x 14.5 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 21 cm
General Subject:
portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Viala, Joseph-Agricol (French revolutionary, 1780-1793) [500354410]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
bust (general, figure) [300047457]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (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)
martyrs [300188714]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)
portraits [300015637]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
heroes [300236801]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Agricola Viala; Eight-line inscription below the portrait: Commandant du Bataillon des Enfans age de Onze Ans / ... / pour la Liberté.
Related Works:
printed from same plate/block .... Agricola Viala [700001593]
..........stipple engraving (print); published: Chez Girard md d'estampes, rue de la Barillerie, ...; Published: ca. 1794; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2713-759; 713759; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.28,f.7)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Agricola Viala........ [VP,GRISC]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 712638
Portrait of revolutionary Joseph Agricol Viala of Avignon........ [VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 6372
Note:
English ..... [GRISC,VP]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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