ID: 700000929 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000929	Record Type: Movable Work

Democritus (line engraving (print); Blake, William (printmaker, 1757-1827), after Peter Paul Rub...; published ca. 1792; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 567690; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: 2000.PR.16* (bx.1,f.5))

Note: Inscription in the lower right corner of plate: 25; The engraving after Peter Paul Rubens was also issued in: Lavater, John Caspar. Essays on physiognomy ...., executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway (London : Printed for John Murray ..., 1792); Forms part of the Leo Steinberg collection of prints (Special Collections accn. no. 2000.PR.16); Accompanied by Leo Steinberg's handwritten notes concerning bibliography and auction sales. Library has another impression of the engraving bound with: Lavater, John Caspar. Essays on physiognomy ...., executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway (London : Printed for John Murray ..., 1792, v. I, facing page 159). Publication: [ca. 1792]

Titles:

Democritus (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,U,U)

Bust of Democritus, after Peter Paul Rubens (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

line engraving (print) [300041352] (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, engravings (prints))

reproductive print [300041569]

..... (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 (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 ca. 1792

Creator Display:

Blake, William (printmaker, 1757-1827), after Peter Paul Rubens [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Blake, William (English poet and printmaker, 1757-1827) [500012489]

artist Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter, 1577-1640) Qualifier: after Extent: work depicted [500002921]

author Lavater, Johann Kaspar (Swiss painter and cleric, 1741-1801) [500002752]

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: 567690; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: 2000.PR.16* (bx.1,f.5)

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: line 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>)

	line engraving (printing process) [300053231]
	.......(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))

Dimensions: plate mark 27.5 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 23.3 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

history and legend

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Democritus (Ancient Greek philosopher, ca. 460-ca. 370 BCE) [500353802]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	reproductive print [300041569]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works)) (AAT)

	busts (general, figures) [300047457]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

Provenance: Steinberg, Leo; stein purchase

Inscriptions: Democritus Rubens delin. ; Blake sculp.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Democritus	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 567690
Bust of Democritus, after Peter Paul Rubens	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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