ID: 700000550 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000550	Record Type: Movable Work

Catafalco (etching (print); Della Bella, Stefano (etcher, 1610-1664); published 1637; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 554296; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 250))

Note: Impressions of the etching were issued with Francesco Rondinelli's description of the obsequies: Eseqvie della maesta cesarea dell'imperadore Ferdinando II ... (Firenze : Nella stamperia De Massi e Landi, [1638]); The print depicts the catafalque ordered by Ferdinando II for the obsequies "in absentia" of Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II, celebrated in the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, on April 2, 1637. The cenotaph, designed by Alfonso Parigi, is seen in the choir of San Lorenzo below a canopy topped by a double-headed eagle and the coat of arms of the House of Habsburg; Library has another impression of the etching bound with Francesco Rondinelli's funeral book Esequie della maesta cesarea dell'imperadore Ferdinando II ... (Firenze : Nella stamperia De Massi e Landi, [1638]); Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**).

Titles:

Catafalco (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Catafalque in San Lorenzo, Florence, for Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II in 1637 (C,U,DE,English,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 1637

Creator Display:

Della Bella, Stefano (etcher, 1610-1664) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Bella, Stefano della (Italian engraver and draftsman, 1610-1664) [500018966]

publishers Stamperia De Massi e Landi (Italian printmaking studio, active by 1637) [500353796]

artist Parigi, Alfonso, II (Italian architect, scenographer and printmaker, 1606-1656) Extent: work depicted [500015283]

author Rondinelli, Francesco (Italian author, 1589-1665) [500353797]

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: 554296; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 250)

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

	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)

Dimensions: 23.7 x 21.9 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

architecture

interior architecture

Specific Subjects:

	catafalques [300005906]
	.....(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>, ceremonial structures, funerary structures) (AAT)

	ephemeral structure [300007997]
	.....(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 design>) (AAT)

	cenotaphs [300007027]
	.....(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>, ceremonial structures, funerary structures, sepulchral monuments) (AAT)

	architectural elements [300000885]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>) (AAT)

	Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (Holy Roman emperor, 1578-1637) [500353798]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Ferdinando II, Grand-Duke of Tuscany (Italian noble, patron, 1610-1670) [500339079]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	funeral rites [300069162]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)

	funeral decorations [300378993]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, festival decorations) (AAT)

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

	Habsburg, House of (European rulers, patrons, and collectors, active 15th-20th centuries) [500337572]
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

	memorial services [300379015]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies) (AAT)

	San Lorenzo [700000163]
	.....(San Lorenzo [700000163], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

Inscriptions: Catafalco. Impressions of the etching were issued with Francesco Rondinelli's description of the obsequies: Eseqvie della maesta cesarea dell'imperadore Ferdinando II ... (Firenze : Nella stamperia De Massi e Landi, [1638]).

State: State 2 (cf. de Vesme)

Related Works:

	printed from same plate/block .... Catafalco [700000761]
	..........etchings (prints); Della Bella, Stefano (etcher, 1610-1664); published 1637; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Catafalco	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 554296
Catafalque in San Lorenzo, Florence, for Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II in 1637	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

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

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

....................... de Vesme 77

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