ID: 700000937 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000937	Record Type: Movable Work

[City besieged] (etching (print); Abbati, Pietro Giovanni (etcher, fl. 1683-1733); Published: 1700s; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 568077; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: 2000.PR.16* (bx.1,f.12))

Note: Impressions of the etching were issued with: Disegni delle scene, che servono alle due opere, che si rappresentano l'anno corente nel Reggio Teatro di Torino inuenzioni di Ferdinando Bibiena ... [s.d.]; Pietro Giovanni Abbati, a theater painter and etcher from Parma, curated two suites of etchings after drawings of Ferdinando Galli Bibiena: Disegni delle scene che servono all due opere ... and Varie opere di prospettiva ..; The print documents a stage design by Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, possibly for the scene of the assault of Troy in Esione (scene II, 5), staged in 1699 in the Teatro regio of Turin; Annotated in brown ink on verso: OBoace. Trimmed within plate mark and with loss of part of inscription: [A]R: FERDINANDO BIBIENA ..; Forms part of the Leo Steinberg collection of prints (Special Collections accn. no. 2000.PR.16). Publication: [17--].

Titles:

[City besieged] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

[City besieged]; [graphic] / Ferdinando Bibiena inv.r del:o ; Pietro Gioani Abati fece. (C,U,undetermined,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)

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: 1700s

Creator Display:

Abbati, Pietro Giovanni (etcher, fl. 1683-1733) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Abbati, Pietro Giovanni (Italian printmaker, active 1683-1733) [500354138]

draftsman Bibiena, Ferdinando Galli (Italian painter, architect, and scenographer, 1657-1743) Extent: work depicted [500008325]

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: 568077; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: 2000.PR.16* (bx.1,f.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: etching

	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: 22.7 x 24.3 cm

General Subject:

performing arts (preferred)

another work

Specific Subjects:

	sets (theatrical) [300188014]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>) (AAT)

	wars [300055314]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), armed conflicts) (AAT)

	Teatro Regio Torino [700000706]
	.....(Teatro Regio Torino [700000706], Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures [700009572], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	theaters (buildings) [300007117]
	.....(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>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings) (AAT)

Provenance: Steinberg, Leo; stein purchase

Inscriptions: Ferdinando Bibiena inv.r del:o ; Pietro Gioani Abati fece.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[City besieged]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 568077
[City besieged]; [graphic] / Ferdinando Bibiena inv.r del:o ; Pietro Gioani Abati fece.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung no. 4143

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