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ID: 700001603 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001603 | Record Type: Movable Work |
La France caracterisée par un lis et par les attributs du gouvernement démocratique, dissipe les ténèbres, et présente à l'univers la verité, et la nature qui montre aux hommes leurs droits. Les despotes semblables aux oiseaux de la nuit fuient à l'aspect de sa lumieÌre (etching (print); Laurent Guyot (French painter and engraver, 1756-after 1806)...; Published: ca. 1793; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2715-817; 715817; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,f.6)) | |
Note: The print is possibly an early state or version of the print titled Le thermomètre du sans culote, engraved by Laurent Guyot after a design by Armand Charles Caraffe (de Vinck, 4244-4245, Hennin, 11748); In a round medallion, a personification of France, a lily at her feet, is flanked by two figures, one holding a tablet of the Rights of man (Droits de l'homme), the other bringing light. Bats, signifying despots, are fleeing away; At the corners, there are four allegorical medallions: Phaethon riding a chariot, Ariadne giving Theseus a ball of thread, Duplicity and Hercules as symbols of false and true patriotisms; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1793]. | |
Titles: |
La France caracterisée par un lis et par les attributs du gouvernement démocratique, dissipe les ténèbres, et présente à l'univers la verité, et la nature qui montre aux hommes leurs droits. Les despotes semblables aux oiseaux de la nuit fuient à l'aspect de sa lumieÌre (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,) |
Allegory of France dispelling darkness and exposing truth and human rights (C,U,DE,English,U,U) |
Le thermomètre du sans-culottes (C,U,undetermined,,) |
Catalog Level: item |
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) |
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>) |
prints (preferred) |
Creation Date: Published: ca. 1793 |
Laurent Guyot (French painter and engraver, 1756-after 1806) [preferred,VP] |
designer Caraffe, Armand Charles (French painter, 1762-1822, active in Russia) [500009046] |
etcher Guyot, Laurent (French painter and engraver, 1756-after 1806) Qualifier: possibly by [500007623] |
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: 2715-817; 715817; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,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: engraving, etching, b&w |
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) |
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) |
black-and-white (colors) [300265434] | |
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors)) |
Dimensions: sheet 35.2 x 37 cm |
allegory (preferred) |
France [1000070] | |
.....(Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN) |
emblems (symbols) [300123036] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, symbols) (AAT) |
human rights [300404862] | |
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, political concepts) (AAT) |
truth [300068765] | |
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), philosophical concepts) (AAT) |
French Revolution [901000102] | |
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON) |
Ariadne [901000155] | |
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Theseus, King of Athens [901001063] | |
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Hercules [901000042] | |
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Phaethon [901001408] | |
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Provenance: lfell; Purchase. |
Inscriptions: La France caracterisée par un lis et par les attributs du gouvernement démocratique, dissipe les ténèbres, et présente à l'univers la verité, et la nature qui montre aux hommes leurs droits. Les despotes semblables aux oiseaux de la nuit fuient à l'aspect de sa lumieÌre |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media |
Sources and Contributors: | |
La France caracterisée par un lis et par les attributs du gouvernement démocratique, dissipe les ténèbres, et présente à l'univers la verité, et la nature qui montre aux hommes leurs droits. Les despotes semblables aux oiseaux de la nuit fuient à l'aspect de sa lumieÌre | ........ [GRISC,VP] |
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 715817 | |
Allegory of France dispelling darkness and exposing truth and human rights | ........ [VP] |
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-) | |
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules | |
Le thermomètre du sans-culottes | ........ [GRISC,VP] |
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) | |
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP] |
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) |
Note: | |
English | ..... [GRISC,VP] |
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) | |
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