ID: 700000305 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000305	Record Type: Movable Work

Descent from the Cross (mezzotint (print); Green, Valentine (printmaker, 1739-1813); Published: Jan 1st...; Published: 1790; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 580031; accession number: 2005.PR.55**)

Note: Valentine Green also engraved the two wings of the triptych, The Visitation and The Presentation in the Temple; The print is after the central panel of the triptych of the Descent from the cross painted by Peter Paul Rubens for an altar in the Cathedral of Antwerp. One print. [London] : Published Jan:y 1st 1790 by V. & R. Green No 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London, [1790]

Titles:

Descent from the Cross (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mezzotint (print) [300041356] (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))

reproductive print [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))

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: 1790

Creator Display:

Green, Valentine (printmaker, 1739-1813); Published: Jan 1st 1790 by V. & R. Green No 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London [preferred,GRISC]

Green, Valentine (English engraver and draftsman, 1739-1813) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500021991]

publishers V. and R. Green (English publishers, active from late 18th century) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500353664]

Green, Rupert (English engraver and publisher, ca. 1768-1804) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500353663]

Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter, 1577-1640) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500002921]

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: 580031; accession number: 2005.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

Other: Publication: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: mezzotint, 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>)

	mezzotint (process) [300053233]
	.......(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))

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

Dimensions: plate mark 91.5 x 61.3 cm, sheet 92.2 x 62 cm, on mount 102 x 74.2 cm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Passion of Christ [901001151]
	.....((Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein; rumbl ; Purchase

Inscriptions: The Descent from the Cross from the altar-piece in the cathedral church of Antwerp / painted by P.P. Rubens ; engraved by V. Green metzotinto engraver to His Majesty & the Elector Palatine.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Descent from the Cross	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 580031

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

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