ID: 700001608 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001608	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Le maximum, ou, Les avantages du gouvernement républicain (etching (print); A. Duplessis (French engraver, publisher, 1792-1794); Published: ca. 1794; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2716-454; 716454; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.9,f.1))

Note: "La Sagesse representée par Minerve, commande au Pouvoir éxécutif sous la figure d'un Sans-culotte ... / ... Decret bienfaisant du Maximum du 6. Ventos (24 Fevrier 1794 Style / esclave Vive la Montagne, et la République, une, indivisible, et impérissable."--five lines in the lower margin; The print is related to the Law of Maximum adopted by the Convention on September 29, 1793, and to other decrees regulating prices on consumer goods, such as the February 24, 1794, decree; Wisdom, personified by Minerva, presents a tablet of the Maximum to a sans-culotte who symbolizes the revolutionary government. On the left, a richly clad woman signifies speculation and cupidity; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: Se vend a Paris : Chez l'auteur rüe de la Calandre vis a vis la rüe Eloy no. II, quartier du Palais S.on de la Cité, [ca. 1794].

Titles:

Le maximum, ou, Les avantages du gouvernement républicain (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,,)

Allegory of the Law of Maximum to regulate prices (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Avantages du gouvernement républicain (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

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)

engraving (print) [300041340]

..... (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. 1794

Creator Display:

A. Duplessis (French engraver, publisher, 1792-1794) [preferred,GRISC]

etcher Duplessis, A. (French engraver, designer, and print dealer, active ca. 1792-1794) [500354345]

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: 2716-454; 716454; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.9,f.1)

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)

Address Note: rüe de la Calandre vis a vis la rüe Eloy no. II, quartier du Palais S.on de la Cité

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, engraving, hand 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)

	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)

	hand coloring [300133555]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

Dimensions: plate mark 33.8 x 36.2 cm, on sheet 34.8 x 37.4 cm

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	public finance [300379184]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), social sciences, economics, finance) (AAT)

	prices [300055694]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, economic concepts) (AAT)

	sansculotte [300379145]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by ideology| philosophy| or political activity>, revolutionaries) (AAT)

	Wisdom [901000840]
	.....((Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)

	Minerva [901001041]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	French Revolution [901000102]
	.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	histories (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)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Le maximum, ou, Les avantages du gouvernement républicain inventé, dessiné, et gravé par A. Duplessis. "La Sagesse representée par Minerve, commande au Pouvoir éxécutif sous la figure d'un Sans-culotte ... / ... Decret bienfaisant du Maximum du 6. Ventos (24 Fevrier 1794 Style / esclave Vive la Montagne, et la République, une, indivisible, et impérissable."--five lines in the lower margin

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Le maximum, ou, Les avantages du gouvernement républicain	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 716454
Allegory of the Law of Maximum to regulate prices	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Avantages du gouvernement républicain	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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