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ID: 700000794
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000794
Record Type: Movable Work
La festa di Testaccio fatta in Roma (engraving (print); published: Ioannes Orlandij formis Romae; published 1602; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 562525; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 699))
Note: The print depicts a festival in Monte Testaccio, Rome, featuring a tournament, a bullfight and the killing of a swine. The pyramidal tomb of Gaius Cestius, aqueducts and the surrounding hills appear in the background, while exotic animals, such as a dromedary, are shown amidst the crowds; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**).
Titles:
La festa di Testaccio fatta in Roma (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)
Festival in Monte Testaccio, Rome, featuring a tournament, a bullfight, and killing a swine (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
engraving (print) [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)
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 1602

Creator Display:
published: Ioannes Orlandij formis Romae [preferred,GRISC]
designer Luchino, Vincenzo (Italian printer, died 1571) [500353989]
publisher Orlandi, Giovanni (Italian printmaker and publisher, active 1590-1640) [500016945]
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: 562525; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 699)
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 [7003138] Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: 1 print: engraving
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>)
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)

Dimensions: plate mark 27.2 x 44 cm, on sheet 36 x 51 cm
General Subject:
events (preferred)
games and sports
history and legend
animals

Specific Subjects:
festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)
bullfights [300379078]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, entertainment events) (AAT)
slaughtering [300379168]
.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, agricultural functions) (AAT)
pig (genus) [300250114]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Suidae (family)) (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)
tournaments [300069188]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, contests) (AAT)

Inscriptions: La festa di Testaccio fatta in Roma. Inscription and unidentified monogram in lower left corner: Romae Vincentij Luchini areis formis ad Peregrinum 1558 // I.T.F. Several buildings and sites are identified by inscriptions: M. AVENTINO // PORTA OSTIENSE // S. Paulo.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
La festa di Testaccio fatta in Roma........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 562525
Festival in Monte Testaccio, Rome, featuring a tournament, a bullfight, and killing a swine........ [VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [VP,GRISC]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Note:
English ..... [VP,GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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