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ID: 700000820
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000820
Record Type: Movable Work
Obelisco panfilio, eretto dalla santita di n.s. Innocentio. X. in piazza Navona sopra la nobilissima, et maravigliosa fontana inventione et opera del, cavalier. Gio: Lorenzzo Bernino. scoperta li. 12. givngnio. 1651. Parte orientale (etching (print); Louis Rouhier (French engraver, active ca. 1650), Giovanni G...; Published: ca. 1651; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 566857; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 752))
Note: Etcher and engraver from Dijon, also documented in Rome; The print depicts the inauguration on June 12, 1651 of the erection of Domitian's obelisk, transferred by order of Giambattista Pamphilj or Innocent X, from the Circus of Maxentius to Piazza Navona and integrated by Gianlorenzo Bernini in the design of the Fountain of Four Rivers. A view of the east side of the Fountain of Four Rivers is shown; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**).[Rome] : Gio Jacomo de Rossi formis Romae alla Pace con licenza de superiori, [ca. 1651]
Titles:
Obelisco panfilio, eretto dalla santita di n.s. Innocentio. X. in piazza Navona sopra la nobilissima, et maravigliosa fontana inventione et opera del, cavalier. Gio: Lorenzzo Bernino. scoperta li. 12. givngnio. 1651. Parte orientale (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,,)
Inauguration of Domitian's obelisk in Piazza Navona, Rome in 1651 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Obelisco panfilio, eretto dalla santita di n.s. Innocentio. X. in piazza Navona sopra la nobilissima, et maravigliosa fontana inventione et opera del, cavalier. Gio: Lorenzzo Bernino. scoperta li. 12. givngnio. 1651. Parte orientale; [graphic] / Louis Rouhier sculpsit. (C,U,undetermined,,)
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)
engraving (print) [300041340]
..... (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: ca. 1651

Creator Display:
Louis Rouhier (French engraver, active ca. 1650), Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (Italian publisher, 17th century) [preferred,GRISC]
etcher Rouhier, Louis (French engraver, active ca. 1650) [500056407]
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian sculptor, architect, 1598-1680) [500032022]
publisher Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de (Italian publisher, active 17th century) [500353716]
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: 566857; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 752)
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: etching, engraving
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)
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 47.7 x 37 cm, on sheet 52 x 37.5 cm
General Subject:
events (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Pamphili Obelisk [700009068]
.....(Pamphili Obelisk [700009068], Four Rivers Fountain [700009069], Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures [700009564], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)
obelisk (monumental pillar) [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)
Piazza Navona [7544539]
.....(Rome (inhabited place), Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
inauguration (cultural ceremony) [300069256]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies) (AAT)
festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (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)
antiquities (object genre) [300311592]
.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by cultural or intellectual evaluation>) (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)
Innocent X, Pope (Italian pope, 1574-1655) [500281685]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
Roman Catholic Church (International religious institution, contemporary) [500241849]
.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)
Roma [7003138]
.....(Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Provenance: xxx
Inscriptions: Obelisco panfilio, eretto dalla santita di n.s. Innocentio. X. in piazza Navona sopra la nobilissima, et maravigliosa fontana inventione et opera del, cavalier. Gio: Lorenzzo Bernino. scoperta li. 12. givngnio. 1651. Parte orientale Louis Rouhier sculpsit.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Obelisco panfilio, eretto dalla santita di n.s. Innocentio. X. in piazza Navona sopra la nobilissima, et maravigliosa fontana inventione et opera del, cavalier. Gio: Lorenzzo Bernino. scoperta li. 12. givngnio. 1651. Parte orientale........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 566857
Inauguration of Domitian's obelisk in Piazza Navona, Rome in 1651........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Obelisco panfilio, eretto dalla santita di n.s. Innocentio. X. in piazza Navona sopra la nobilissima, et maravigliosa fontana inventione et opera del, cavalier. Gio: Lorenzzo Bernino. scoperta li. 12. givngnio. 1651. Parte orientale; [graphic] / Louis Rouhier sculpsit......... [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Le Blanc, C. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes vol. 3, p. 370, no. 1
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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