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ID: 700000817
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000817
Record Type: Movable Work
Candelabro eseguibile in metallo (engravings (prints); engraver may be Luigi Castellini; published 1847; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 566386; accession number: 2002.PR.12**)
Note: The engraver may be Luigi Castellini who was documented in 1814 (cf. Pelliccioni, A. Diz. degli artisti incisori italiani); The ornamental print depicts an Empire-style candelabrum designed by Giulio Aluisetti. It incorporates classical ornamental motifs and themes, such as palmettes, garlands, a figure of Apollo carrying a lyre and dancing putti; The print was issued with: Opere dei grandi concorsi premiate dall'I. R. Academia delle belle arti in Milano disegnate ed incise per cura dell'architetto Giulio Aluisetti (Milano : Dalla tipografia di Claudio Wilmant, 1847); Library has another impression of the engraving bound with: Opere dei grandi concorsi premiate ... (Milano : Dalla tipografia di Claudio Wilmant, 1847).
Titles:
Candelabro eseguibile in metallo (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)
Inscription below image: Concorso d'ornato premiato nel 1806 (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Empire-style candelabra designed by Giulio Aluisetti (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)
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 1847

Creator Display:
engraver may be Luigi Castellini [preferred,GRISC]
printmaker Castellini, Luigi (Italian engraver, active ca. 1814-1849) [500354106]
publishers Tipografia di Claudio Wilmant (Italian printing firm, active 19th century) [500354107]
artist Aluisetti, Giulio (Italian designer, etcher, architect, 1796-1868) Extent: work depicted [500354113]
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: 566386; accession number: 2002.PR.12**
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: 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 47.3 x 16.2 cm, on sheet 58.8 x 43.7 cm
General Subject:
utilitarian objects (preferred)
another work

Specific Subjects:
candelabras (candleholders) [300037584]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, lighting devices, <lighting devices by form>, <candles and candleholders>, candleholders) (AAT)
applied decoration [300229940]
.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, visual works components) (AAT)
Empire (style) [300021269]
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European regional styles and movements>, <modern French styles and movements>, <modern French styles by reign>) (AAT)
Apollo [901000109]
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: Candelabro eseguibile in metallo L. Castellini inc. Inscription below image: Concorso d'ornato premiato nel 1806. Inscription in upper right corner: T.I.; Date from: Opere dei grandi concorsi premiate ... (Milano : Dalla tipografia di Claudio Wilmant, 1847).
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Candelabro eseguibile in metallo........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 566386
Inscription below image: Concorso d'ornato premiato nel 1806........ [GRISC]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Empire-style candelabra designed by Giulio Aluisetti........ [VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note
Subject: ....... [VP,GRISC]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Note:
English ..... [VP,GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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