ID: 700009340 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009340	Record Type: Movable Work

[The arch with a shell ornament] (etching (print); Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (printmaker, 1720-1778); publish...; published ca. 1749-1750; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2007.PR.103** ; 777403)

Note: In 1750, this print was among 14 plates published by Giovanni Bouchard in Opere varie. An early state of the print was included in the group of 14 plates, entitled Invenzioni capric di carceri, published by Giovanni Bouchard in Opere varie (1750). The print was later reworked and reissued as plate XI of Carceri d'invenzione (Rome, 1761); Title from Robison and Wilton-Ely; The print represents a group of arches with a lamp suspended in the center foreground and a large crane to the right; The shell ornament, seen on the left, also appears in a preliminary drawing known as Palatial interior (London, British Museum, 1908-6-16-20). Publication: [ca. 1758-1760].

Titles:

[The arch with a shell ornament] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Arch with a shell ornament (C,U,English,U,P)

[The arch with a shell ornament]; [graphic]. (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)

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. 1749-1750

Creator Display:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (printmaker, 1720-1778); published by Giovanni Bouchard in Opere varie [preferred,GRISC]

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian draftsman, architect, and etcher, 1720-1778) [,GRISC]

publishers unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

publisher Bouchard, Giovanni (Italian publisher, printer, ca. 1716-1795) [500353817]

printmaker Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian printmaker, architect, 1720-1778) [500114965]

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: 2007.PR.103** ; 777403

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: 14 prints: etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, scratching, 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>)

	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)

	open biting [300179734]
	.......(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 techniques, printing surface preparation techniques, biting techniques)

	drypoint (printing process) [300053228]
	.......(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))

	scratching (process) [300379457]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	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)

	burnishing (polishing) [300053869]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <finishing and refinishing processes>, finishing (process), polishing)

	open biting [300179734]
	.......(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 techniques, printing surface preparation techniques, biting techniques)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: plate marks in the series: 55.5 x 41.5 cm or smaller, on sheets 80 x 55 cm or smaller

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

interior architecture

ornament

Specific Subjects:

	arch [300000994]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <spanning and projecting structural elements>, <arches and arch components>) (AAT)

	capricci (visual works) [300015441]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	prison (building) [300006460]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, institutional buildings, correctional institutions (buildings)) (AAT)

	prisoner [300025933]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	Italian (language) [300388474]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Provenance: rumbl; Purchase.

State: i/vii

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Invenzioni capric di carceri all acqva forte

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Carceri d'Invenzione

.................... Arch with a Shell Ornament, The

Sources and Contributors:
[The arch with a shell ornament]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 691217
Arch with a shell ornament	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 777403
[The arch with a shell ornament]; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) http://primo.getty.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=GRI&afterPDS=true&institution=GETTY&docId=GETTY_ALMA21139152170001551

....................... Robison, Piranesi: Early Architectural Fantasies, Catalogue Raisonné (1986) no. 29-42

....................... Wilton-Ely, J. Giovanni Battista Piranesi no. 26, 28, 29, 31-41

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