ID: 700001162 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001162	Record Type: Movable Work

[Androclus mit dem Löwen] (mezzotint (print); Rhein, Nikolaus (printmaker, 1767-1819), after William Pethe...; published 18th century; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2580-018; 580018; accession number: 2005.PR.51**)

Note: Title from: Nagler; Austrian mezzotinter from Vienna, who studied with Johann Jacobé; The print after William Pether depicts the story of the Roman slave Androclus, or Androcles, who took refuge in a cave in Africa, where he healed the swollen paw of a lion, extracting a thorn from it. The mezzotint is a pendant to Nikolaus Rhein's print after Rubens, titled Hercules tödtet den nemaeischen Löwen; "45"--pencilled in upper center of mount.. In Wienn : Bey T. Mollo & Comp. am Hoff, [17--?] (34501/publishers)

Titles:

[Androclus mit dem Löwen] (preferred,C,U,RP,German-P,U,U)

Androclus and the lion (C,U,English,U,U)

Androclus healing the paw of a lion (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mezzotint (print) [300041356] (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 18th century

Creator Display:

Rhein, Nikolaus (printmaker, 1767-1819), after William Pether; published: Bey T. Mollo & Comp. am Hoff [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Rhein, Nikolaus (Austrian mezzotinter, 1767-1819) [500354334]

artist Pether, William (English painter and engraver, ca. 1738-1821) Extent: work depicted [500018007]

publisher Mollo, Tranquillo (Swiss printer and editor, 1767-1837, active in Vienna) [500354333]

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: 2580-018; 580018; accession number: 2005.PR.51**

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: Wien [7003321] Vienna state (state), Austria (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: mezzotint

	mezzotint (process) [300053233]
	.......(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))

	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>)

Dimensions: plate mark 53 x 68 cm, on sheet 57 x 72.3 cm, on mount 74.2 x 102 cm

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

history and legend

another work

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Androclus and the Lion [901000263]
	.....((Greek narratives, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	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)

	lion (species) [300310388]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Felidae (family), Panthera (genus)) (AAT)

	Androclus [901000245]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein; rumbl ; Purchase

Inscriptions: Vencesl: Peter pinxit ; N. Rhein sculp.

Related Works:

	pendant of .... Hercules tödtet den nemaeischen Löwen [700001161]
	..........mezzotint (print); Rhein, Nikolaus (printmaker, 1767-1819), after Peter Paul Ru...; published 18th century; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2580-014; 580014; accession number: 2005.PR.50**

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Androclus mit dem Löwen]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 580018
Androclus and the lion	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Androclus healing the paw of a lion	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

....................... Nagler, G. K. Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon v. 13, no. 11

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