ID: 700001638 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001638	Record Type: Movable Work

[Les sept sages de la Grèce] (etchings (prints); Jean Couvay (French engraver, 1622-ca. 1680), Abraham Bosse ...; Published: ca. 1639-1640; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2830-403; 830403; accession number: 2009.PR.16*)

Note: "Vignon Inuentor"--within image (plates 1, 4, 5, 6, 7); "V Inuentor"--within image (plate 2); "Vingon Inuentor"--within image (plate 3); "Couvay fecit"--lower left; "Mariette excudit Auec Priuilegie"--lower center (plates 1, 3, 5); "Mariette excudit Auec Priuilege"--lower center (plates 2, 4, 6, 7); Title from IFF; Each print with title, number, and six lines of verse below; Contents: Pittacus --; Bias --; Cleobule --; Chilo --; Periander --; Thales; The suite of prints is after designs by Claude Vignon. According to Mariette, the backgrounds were engraved by Abraham Bosse (cf. IFF); Contemporary leather binding, colored pastedowns, spine tooled and stamped in gilt: VIGNO; Bound with: Rousselet, Gilles. La galerie des femmes fortes. Paris : Pierre Mariette, [ca. 1640-47] (accn. no. 2009.PR.14*). Rousselet, Gilles. Sept merveilles du monde. Paris: Pierre Mariette, [ca. 1639-1640] (accn. no. 2009.PR.15*). Publication: [Paris] : Mariette excudit auec priuilegie, [ca. 1639-1640].

Titles:

[Les sept sages de la Grèce] (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Seven Wise Men of Greece (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

[Les sept sages de la Grèce]; [graphic] / Vignon inuentor ; Couvay fecit. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: suite

Work Types:

etchings (prints) [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)

engravings (prints) [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)

reproductive prints [300041569]

..... (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 (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. 1639-1640

Creator Display:

Jean Couvay (French engraver, 1622-ca. 1680), Abraham Bosse (French printmaker, 1602-1676), Pierre Mariette I (French publisher, 1596-1657) [preferred,GRISC]

etcher Couvay, Jean (French engraver, 1622-ca. 1680) [500021848]

publisher Mariette, Pierre, I (French dealer, publisher, and printmaker, 1596-1657) [500067584]

designer Vignon, Claude (French painter and printmaker, 1593-1670) [500008549]

etcher Bosse, Abraham (French printmaker, 1602-1676) [500031187]

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: 2830-403; 830403; accession number: 2009.PR.16*

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)

Display Materials: 7 leaves of plates: 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: sheets 41 x 28 cm

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

history and legend

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Seven Wise Men of Greece [901000324]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: halwa; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Vignon inuentor ; Couvay fecit. "Vignon Inuentor"--within image (plates 1, 4, 5, 6, 7); "V Inuentor"--within image (plate 2); "Vingon Inuentor"--within image (plate 3); "Couvay fecit"--lower left; "Mariette excudit Auec Priuilegie"--lower center (plates 1, 3, 5); "Mariette excudit Auec Priuilege"--lower center (plates 2, 4, 6, 7)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Les sept sages de la Grèce]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 830403
Seven Wise Men of Greece	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
[Les sept sages de la Grèce]; [graphic] / Vignon inuentor ; Couvay fecit.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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