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ID: 700001640
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001640
Record Type: Movable Work
Marat vainqueur de l'aristocratie (etching (print); published Chez Villeneuve graveur rue Zacharie St. Severin M...; Published: ca. 1793; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2717-059; 717059; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.8,f.4))
Note: "DIOGENES Couvert d'un Bonnet rouge quitte son Tonneau pour donner la main à MARAT qui sort d'une Cave par le Soupirail"--in lower margin; In April 1793, the Girondins had Marat brought before a Revolutionary tribunal. He was acquitted on April 24; The print shows Diogenes leading Marat out of the opening of a cave, as the revolutionary tramples the hydra of aristocracy; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: A Paris : Chez Villeneuve graveur rue Zacharie St. Severin Maison du Passage no. 72, [ca. 1793] (34501/publishers).
Titles:
Marat vainqueur de l'aristocratie (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Marat vanquishes the aristocracy: Diogenes leading Marat out of cave (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Marat vainqueur de l'aristocratie; [graphic]. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
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)
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. 1793

Creator Display:
published Chez Villeneuve graveur rue Zacharie St. Severin Maison du Passage no. 72 [preferred,GRISC]
Villeneuve (French engraver, active from late 18th century) [500043075]
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: 2717-059; 717059; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.8,f.4)
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: 1 print: etching, tool work, b&w
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>)
black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: platemark 25.8 x 20 cm, on sheet 27.3 x 21 cm
General Subject:
events (preferred)
history and legend

Specific Subjects:
Diogenes (Ancient Greek philosopher, died ca. 323 BCE) [500354445]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
Marat, Jean Paul (French politician, physician, and journalist, 1743-1793) [500337698]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Marat vainqueur de l'aristocratie; "DIOGENES Couvert d'un Bonnet rouge quitte son Tonneau pour donner la main à MARAT qui sort d'une Cave par le Soupirail"--in lower margin.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Marat vainqueur de l'aristocratie........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 717059
Marat vanquishes the aristocracy: Diogenes leading Marat out of cave........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Marat vainqueur de l'aristocratie; [graphic]......... [GRISC]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Hennin 11206
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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