ID: 700001046 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001046	Record Type: Movable Work

Fvoco (etching (print); unknown printmaker ; published 1764; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 651318; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1191))

Note: The Swiss architect, painter, and printmaker Giorgio Fossati from Morcote (Lago di Lugano), the brother of Davide Antonio and the father of Carlo Giuseppe and Domenico, was active in Venice. The print depicts a water float named Fire, designed by Giorgio Fossati for the regatta held in Venice on June 4, 1764 in celebration of the visit of Duke Edward Augustus of York; The barge or peotta is decorated with a grotto in which Vulcan, flanked by two Cyclops, hammer in hand, forges a thunderbolt arrow that is then carried to Venus by an eagle. Venus, who has asked Vulcan for Aeneas's armor, appears in a triumphal chariot led by two doves, accompanied by putti. The barge is propelled by male figures, possibly the personifications of zephyrs, who hold oars. Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**). Publication: [1764].

Titles:

Fvoco (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Peotta veneta (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Water float called Fire, by Giorgio Fossati for the regatta held in Venice, celebrating the visit of Duke Edward Augustus of York on 4 June 1764 (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 1764

Creator Display:

unknown printmaker [preferred,VP]

artist Term Not Found Extent: work depicted [500184214]

printmaker unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

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: 651318; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1191)

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 (2 sheets): 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: plate mark 41 x 82.8 cm, on sheet 44.5 x 88.6 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

architecture

history and legend

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	pageants [300069240]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, entertainment events, performances (creative events)) (AAT)

	ephemeral structures [300007997]
	.....(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 design>) (AAT)

	Edward Augustus, Duke of York (British duke, 1739-1767) [500354104]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	barges (flat-bottomed watercraft) [300232674]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by specific type>, <watercraft by form>, <watercraft by sectional form>, monohulls, flat-bottomed watercraft) (AAT)

	barges (ceremonial watercraft) [300212631]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by specific type>, <watercraft by function>, ceremonial watercraft) (AAT)

	gundalows [300232927]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by specific type>, <watercraft by construction>, bottom-based watercraft) (AAT)

	histories (literary genre) [300026358]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	regattas [300239280]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, contests, races (events)) (AAT)

	visits of state [300379045]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies) (AAT)

	Vulcan [901000947]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Venus [901001064]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: Fvoco rappresenta la grotta di Vulcano con ciclopi presso la sua fucina, Venere nel carro tirata dalle colombe, che viene a chiedere allo sposo lo scudo di Enea ; aquila che riporta il fulmine a Giove ; Zefiri ed amorini intorno il cocchio / peotta d'invenzione di Giorgio Fossati architetto, e pittore prospetico. Annotated in brown ink on verso: Peotta veneta.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Fvoco	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 651318
Peotta veneta	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Water float called Fire, by Giorgio Fossati for the regatta held in Venice, celebrating the visit of Duke Edward Augustus of York on 4 June 1764	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

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