ID: 700000654 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000654	Record Type: Movable Work

Obelisks and columns (engravings (prints); publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (Italian printmaker, 17...; Published: after ca. 1666; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 356197)

Note: The 6 plates of columns and obelisks carry the name of "Sixtus V Pont. Max." above the Rossi imprint on each engraving's cartouche. Two views engraved by Louis Rouhier of the Obelisco Panfilio in Bernini's fountain in piazza Navona follow. An additional 3 engravings bound in are plans and views of the theater at Villa Adriana engraved by Paolo Fidanza after drawings of architect Giuseppe Pannini, the latter's dedication dated 1. Settembre 1753; The 6 structures attesting to the pope's interest in Rome's monuments include Columna Traiana, Columna Antonina, the Egyptian obelisk before S. Giovanni in Laterano, the obelisk in the piazza San Pietro, the Egyptian obelisk in the piazza del Popolo, and an obelisk in the piazza before S. Maria Maggiore, are probably the "foglio reale" engravings listed by Rossi in his 1689 Indice delle stampe, p. 20-21; The engravings relating to Sixtus V appear sufficiently similar to plates prepared by Nicolas van Aelst in 1589 after Ambrogio Brambilla, to be copies with revisions occasioned by changes in the settings due to passage of time, or reworked plates. The Van Aelst prints appear in collections of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae as do Rossi's, occasionally, as well. Cf. copy 1, v. 2 of the Getty collection for Van Aelst's (Special Oversize 90-F104). Rossi also published somewhat earlierthe smaller similar B. Rossi-G. Maggi engravings of some of the same subjects. Publication: Si stampano in Roma : da Gio. Jacomo de Rossi, alla pace, [after 1666?].

Titles:

Obelisks and columns (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

[Obelisks and columns; engravings commemorating the work of Pope Sixtus V produced by G.G. de Rossi after engravings produced by Nicolaus van Aelst in 1589.] (C,U,English,,)

Catalog Level: group

Work Types:

engravings (prints) [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)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: after ca. 1666

Creator Display:

publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (Italian printmaker, 17th century) [preferred,GRISC]

publisher Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de (Italian publisher, active 17th century) [500353716]

Rouhier, Louis (French engraver, active ca. 1650) [500056407]

Fidanza, Paolo (Italian painter and engraver, 1731-ca. 1785) [500353901]

Pannini, Giuseppe (Italian architect and painter, ca. 1745-ca. 1812) [500056602]

Brambilla, Ambrogio (Italian printmaker, active ca. 1579-1599) [500010175]

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian sculptor, architect, 1598-1680) [500032022]

Aelst, Nicolaus van (Flemish engraver and print publisher, ca. 1527-1613, active in Italy) [500013509]

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: 356197

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: Roma [7000874] Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 11 leaves of plates: all illustrated (engravings)

	leaves (gathered matter) [300115833]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components)

	plates (illustrations) [300189216]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, layout features, <images and ornament for layout features>, illustrations (layout features), <illustrations by form>)

Dimensions: 51 x 39 cm

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	obelisks (monumental pillars) [300007021]
	.....(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>, monuments, <monuments by form>, monumental pillars) (AAT)

	columns (architectural elements) [300001571]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <supporting and resisting elements>, <columns and column components>) (AAT)

	fountains [300006179]
	.....(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>, hydraulic structures, <hydraulic structures by function>, water distribution structures) (AAT)

	Villa Adriana [7006983]
	.....(Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	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)

	Sixtus V, Pope (Italian pope, 1521-1590) [500231367]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	theaters (buildings) [300007117]
	.....(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>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings) (AAT)

	Trajan’s Column [700008903]
	.....(Trajan’s Column [700008903], Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures [700009564], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Colonna di Marco Aurelio [700001274]
	.....(Column of Marcus Aurelius [700001274], Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures [700009484], Movable Works [700000002]) (CONA)

	Flaminio Obelisk [700008905]
	.....(Flaminio Obelisk [700008905], Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures [700009564], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Obelisco Vaticano [700008907]
	.....(Obelisco Vaticano [700008907], Vatican Complex [700008429], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Esquiline Obelisk [700008906]
	.....(Esquiline Obelisk [700008906], Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures [700009564], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Obelisco Lateranense [700008908], Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures [700009564], Built Works [700000001]

Inscriptions: [Obelisks and columns engravings commemorating the work of Pope Sixtus V produced by G.G. de Rossi after engravings produced by Nicolaus van Aelst in 1589.]

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Obelisks and columns	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 356197
[Obelisks and columns; engravings commemorating the work of Pope Sixtus V produced by G.G. de Rossi after engravings produced by Nicolaus van Aelst in 1589.]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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