ID: 700000831 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000831	Record Type: Movable Work

Le Christ aux mendiants (etching (print); Ensor, James (etcher, 1860-1949); published 1895; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 719169; (OCoLC)ocn123502539; accession number: 2010.PR.81*)

Note: Also known as Christ and the beggars. Cf. Taevernier; A few proofs on Holland and Japan paper were published in Le Coq rouge (Hasermans, Brussels), May 1895 (cf. Taevernier), and later reproduced in La Plume (cf. Delteil); C.1: sheet 14.3 x 20.1 cm; "Le Christ aux mendiants"--in pencil, on verso; c.2: sheet: 20.5 x 26.5 cm., "Le Christ aux mendiants"--in pencil, below image; Christ, his back to the viewer, preaches to a group of beggars; Gift of Thomas Firman, Three Gorges Art and Antiquities (c.1); Gift of Richard A. Simms in Memory of James N. Wood (1941-2010), President and Chief Executive Officer of The J. Paul Getty Trust 2007-2010 (c.2). Publication: 1895.

Titles:

Le Christ aux mendiants (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Christ among the beggars (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 1895

Creator Display:

Ensor, James (etcher, 1860-1949) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Ensor, James (Belgian painter and printmaker, 1860-1949) [500032046]

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: 719169; (OCoLC)ocn123502539; accession number: 2010.PR.81*

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, b&w

	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: plate mark 9.4 x 14 cm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Jesus Christ [901000087]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	ministering [300137825]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, religious functions) (AAT)

	beggar [300188618]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

Provenance: Thomas Firman; Bellevue, WA; Gift.; simms ; Gift.

Inscriptions: Le Christ aux mendiants Ensor 95. "Ensor 95"--in lower right corner of plate; "James Ensor"--in pencil below image, lower right.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Le Christ aux mendiants	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 719169
Christ among the beggars	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Delteil 102

....................... Taevernier 102

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