ID: 700001692 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001692	Record Type: Movable Work

Illumination et décoration (etching (print); Christian von Mechel (Swiss engraver and publisher, 1737-181...; Published: 1779; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2868-824; 868824; (OCoLC)ocn655306196; accession number: 2010.PR.55*)

Note: From a series of four prints after drawings by Lorenz Ludwig Midart, known as Cérémonie du renouvellement de l'alliance entre la France et la Suisse, 1779; Title continues: Exécutées à Soleure le 26 Aoust 1777. dans la Cour de l'Hôtel de Son Excellence Monsieur le Marquis de Vergennes Ambassadeur de Sa Majesté très Chrétienne en Suisse, à l'occasion du Renouvellement d'Alliance entre l'Auguste Couronne de France et le Louable Corps Helvétique. Publication: 1779.

Titles:

Illumination et décoration (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

View of the illumination and decoration from the palace of Monsieur le Marquis de Vergennes on 26 August 1777 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Illumination et décoration; [graphic] / dessiné à Soleure par L. Midart en 1777 ; gravé sous la direction de Chr: de Mechel à Basle 1779. (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: 1779

Creator Display:

Christian von Mechel (Swiss engraver and publisher, 1737-1817); after drawings by Lorenz Ludwig Midart [preferred,GRISC]

etcher Mechel, Christian von (Swiss engraver and publisher, 1737-1817) [500057125]

draftsman Midart, Laurent Louis (Swiss engraver, 1733-1800) [500185690]

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: 2868-824; 868824; (OCoLC)ocn655306196; accession number: 2010.PR.55*

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: etching, engraving, 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)

	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: sheet 38 x 44 cm

General Subject:

another work (preferred)

events

Specific Subjects:

	festival [300073472]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	Jean Gravier, Marquis de Vergennes (French ambassador, 1718-1794) [500353677]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	decorative lighting [300191314]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), systems (equipment), <systems by function>, lighting, <lighting by function>, architectural lighting) (AAT)

	depictions (visual works) [300248231]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)

	Solothurn [7007295]
	.....(Solothurn (canton), Switzerland (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	international relations [300054441]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), social sciences, political science) (AAT)

Provenance: The Paul and Marianne Gourary Collection; chris; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Illumination et décoration dessiné à Soleure par L. Midart en 1777 ; gravé sous la direction de Chr: de Mechel à Basle 1779.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Illumination et décoration	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 868824
View of the illumination and decoration from the palace of Monsieur le Marquis de Vergennes on 26 August 1777	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Illumination et décoration; [graphic] / dessiné à Soleure par L. Midart en 1777 ; gravé sous la direction de Chr: de Mechel à Basle 1779.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Wüthrich 94

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