ID: 700001188 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001188	Record Type: Movable Work

La gran piazza di Villa Torlonia, qual si vedeva il giorno 4 giugno 1842, nell'istante dell'innalzamento del primario obelisco dedicato al duca d. Giovanni Torlonia, presenti, alla loggia del rurale palagio, la santità di nostro signore Gregorio XVI, e la maestà di Luigi re di Baviera (etching (print); Cottafavi, Gaetano (etcher, fl. 1837-1864); published 1842; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2649-272; 649272; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1088))

Note: This obelisk, as well as the second one dedicated to Anna Maria, mother of Alessandro, was designed in imitation of Egyptian obelisks and made from granite that originated from Baveno in Piedmont. Its inauguration, after its transport by river, canal, sea, and land from Piedmont, was celebrated in the presence of Pope Gregory XVI and King Ludwig I of Bavaria. The architect Quintiliano Raimondi designed the bases for the obelisks, while Luigi Maria Ungarelli was the author of the inscriptions in Egyptian hieroglyphs. Nicola Carnevali designed the framework used for the monoliths' erection; Impressions of the etching were issued in: Francesco Gasparoni, Sugli obelischi Torlonia nella villa Nomentana (Roma : Nella Tipografia Salviucci, 1842); Several architects contributed to the building of the Villa Torlonia, located outside of Porta Pia along the via Nomentana, notably Giuseppe Valadier, Giovanni Battista Caretti, and Raimondi; Gaetano Cottafavi, a printmaker active in Rome, specialized in the representation of views and monuments of Rome; The print shows the square in front of Villa Torlonia in Rome during the festivities, held on 4 June 1842, that marked the erection of the obelisk commissioned by Alessandro Torlonia in memory of his father, Giovanni; Library has another impression of the etching bound in: Sugli obelischi Torlonia nella villa Nomentana (Roma : Nella Tipografia Salviucci, 1842); Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**). Publication: [1842] (34501/publishers).

Titles:

La gran piazza di Villa Torlonia, qual si vedeva il giorno 4 giugno 1842, nell'istante dell'innalzamento del primario obelisco dedicato al duca d. Giovanni Torlonia, presenti, alla loggia del rurale palagio, la santità di nostro signore Gregorio XVI, e la maestà di Luigi re di Baviera (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Raising of the large obelisk in Piazza di Villa Torlonia, Rome, on 4 June 1842 (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 1842

Creator Display:

Cottafavi, Gaetano (etcher, fl. 1837-1864) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Cottafavi, Gaetano (Italian engraver and draftsman, 1800-1865) [500354353]

artist Carnevali, Nicola (Italian architect and engineer, 1811-1885) Extent: work depicted [500354354]

artist Raimondi, Quintiliano (Italian architect, died 1848) Extent: work depicted [500088961]

author Ungarelli, Luigi Maria (Italian author, active 19th century) Extent: work depicted [500354355]

artist Gasparoni, Francesco (Italian architect, died 1865) Extent: work depicted [500354356]

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: 2649-272; 649272; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1088)

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: image 24.2 x 53.6 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 57.8 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	obelisks (monumental pillars) [300007021]
	.....(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>, monuments, <monuments by form>, monumental pillars) (AAT)

	raising (standing) [300379158]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>) (AAT)

	scaffolding [300022259]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, supporting equipment) (AAT)

	Gregory XVI, Pope (Italian pope,1765-1846) [500283606]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (Bavarian king, 1786-1868) [500240441]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

	Torlonia, Alessandro (Italian noble, 1800-1886) [500354357]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	patronage [300055736]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, economic concepts) (AAT)

	Torlonia, Anna Maria, Duchessa di Bracciano (Italian noble, died 1840) [500354359]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Torlonia, Giovanni, Duca di Bracciano (Italian noble, 1754-1829) [500354361]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Villa Torlonia [700001132]
	.....(Villa Torlonia [700001132], Built Works by class: residential structures [700009562], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

Provenance: xxx

Inscriptions: La gran piazza di Villa Torlonia, qual si vedeva il giorno 4 giugno 1842, nell'istante dell'innalzamento del primario obelisco dedicato al duca d. Giovanni Torlonia, presenti, alla loggia del rurale palagio, la santità di nostro signore Gregorio XVI, e la maestà di Luigi re di Baviera Gaetano Cottafavi disegnò dal vero ed incise.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
La gran piazza di Villa Torlonia, qual si vedeva il giorno 4 giugno 1842, nell'istante dell'innalzamento del primario obelisco dedicato al duca d. Giovanni Torlonia, presenti, alla loggia del rurale palagio, la santità di nostro signore Gregorio XVI, e la maestà di Luigi re di Baviera	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 649272
Raising of the large obelisk in Piazza di Villa Torlonia, Rome, on 4 June 1842	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

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