ID: 700001591 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001591	Record Type: Movable Work

Louis Seize (color print (print); Ridé (French printmaker, 18th century); Pierre Blin (Fren...; Published: 1786; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2713-563; 713563; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.27,f.3);)

Note: Plate 1 of: Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres et sujets mémorables de France ... A Paris : Chez Blin, imprimeur en taille-douce ..., [1786] (Première Livraison); Issued in the first fascicle with: Indépendance des États-Unis / Duplessis Berteaux del. ; L. Roger sculp. 1786; In the upper left: "A". In the upper right: "N.1"; The three-quarter portrait bust of King Louis XVI of France is set within an oval medallion; The King is dressed in royal robes, his blue mantle adorned with fleurs-de-lys, an ermine tippet, and the Maltese cross of the order of the Holy Spirit. Below the medallion, a grisaille is comprised of a globe with three fleurs-de-lys, flanked by a royal crown, an incense urn, and insignia of the orders of St. Michael and the Holy Spirit; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); Library has another impression of this print in: Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres et sujets mémorables de France ... A Paris : Chez Blin, imprimeur en taille douce ..., M.DCC.LXXXVI-M.DCC.XCII [1786-1792].

Titles:

Louis Seize (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Portrait bust of King Louis XVI of France (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Louis XVI (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

color print (print) [300041504] (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>)

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: 1786

Creator Display:

Ridé (French printmaker, 18th century); Pierre Blin (French printer, active late 18th century) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Ridé (French printmaker, 18th century) [500354612]

publisher Blin, Pierre (French printer, active late 18th century) [500354611]

draftsman Benard (French draftsman, active ca. 1786) [500354613]

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: 2713-563; 713563; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.27,f.3)

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] (Geographic)

Address Note: place Maubert no. 17 ...

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, tool work, colored

	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)

	tool work (printmaking marks) [300379420]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <identifying markings and symbols>, marks (identifying markings), <marks by process or technique>)

	coloring (process) [300053043]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: plate mark 24.5 x 16.5 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 21.5 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	single-sitter portrait [300404138]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Louis Seize, roi de France et de Navarre né à Versailles, le 23 aoust 1754, sacré à Reims le 11 juin 1775 / Benard del. ; Ridé sculp.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Louis Seize	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 713563
Portrait bust of King Louis XVI of France	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Louis XVI	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 369

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