ID: 700001665 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001665	Record Type: Movable Work

[Blindfolded cupid holding a torch before a couple, A] (engraving (print); engraved by Zacharias Dolendo ?; after Jacob de Gheyn II (Du...; Published: 1595-1596; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2856-512; 856512; accession number: 2009.PR.57*)

Note: Plate 7 from the series known as The Masquerades, after Jacob de Gheyn II and first published in Leyden by him (engraved by Zacharias Dolendo ?); the series was dedicated to Cornelis van Bleyenburch and titled with eight lines in Latin by Hugo Grotius (1583-1645); Title and date from New Hollstein, v. 9, pt. 1, no. 166. Publication: [1595-1596] (34501/publishers). Publication: 1595-1596] (34501/publishers).

Titles:

[Blindfolded cupid holding a torch before a couple, A] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

[A blindfolded cupid holding a torch before a couple]; [graphic] / IDGeyn. inuen, et excu. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

engraving (print) [300041340] (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: 1595-1596

Creator Display:

engraved by Zacharias Dolendo ?; after Jacob de Gheyn II (Dutch draftsman, painter, and engraver, 1565-1629), first published in Leyden by him [preferred,VP]

printmaker Dolendo, Zacharias (Netherlandish engraver, born 1561-1573, died before 1604) [500109999]

artist Gheyn, Jacques de, II (Dutch draftsman, painter, and engraver, 1565-1629) Qualifier: after [500115191]

author Grotius, Hugo (Netherlandish engraver, 1583-1645) [500044269]

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: 2856-512; 856512; accession number: 2009.PR.57*

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, b&w

	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>)

	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)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: image 22.5 x 17 cm, on sheet 23.5 x 17.2 cm; trimmed within plate mark

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Cupid [901001071]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	masquerades [300254016]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events) (AAT)

	couples [300379217]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups) (AAT)

	fancy dress [300224229]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts, dress (culture-related concept)) (AAT)

	torch (flammable lighting device) [300037652]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, lighting devices, <lighting devices by form>, <torches and torch holders>) (AAT)

Creation Number: plate 7

Provenance: The Paul and Marianne Gourary Collection; chris; Purchase at Christie's New York, Splendid Ceremonies the Paul and Marianne Gourary Collection of Illustrated Fête Books auction, June 12, 2009, lot 557.

Inscriptions: IDGeyn. inuen, et excu; Signed at lower left with letters I, D and G interlaced; Numbered 7 at lower left.; "FFIB 1682"--in brown ink on verso.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Blindfolded cupid holding a torch before a couple, A]	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 856512
[A blindfolded cupid holding a torch before a couple]; [graphic] / IDGeyn. inuen, et excu.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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