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ID: 700001221
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001221
Record Type: Movable Work
Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis (etching (print); Maignen (French publisher, active late 18th century); Published: 1790s; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2699-742; 699742; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.21,f.3))
Note: Inscription in the lower margin: Après mille ans et plus de guerre déclarée ... /; Based on the fable of The wolves and the sheep by La Fontaine (III, 13), the satirical print represents an ewe dressed as a nun and a wolf, concluding a peace treaty; The sheep that, in exchange for peace, have let go of their guardian dogs, are being attacked by wolves in the background; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: A Paris : Chez Maignen, rue St. Denis vis-a-vis celle de la Chanvrerie, no. 86, [179-].
Titles:
Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Wolves making peace with the sheep: Satirical print of tyrannical injustice in which a victim is falsely accused (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis; [graphic]. (C,U,undetermined,,)
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: 1790s

Creator Display:
Maignen (French publisher, active late 18th century) [preferred,GRISC]
publisher Maignen (French publisher, active late 18th century) [500354322]
etcher 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: 2699-742; 699742; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.21,f.3)
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: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: rue St. Denis vis-a-vis celle de la Chanvrerie, no. 86
Display Materials: 1 print: etching, tool work, b&w
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)
tool work (printmaking marks) [300379420]
.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <identifying markings and symbols>, marks (identifying markings), <marks by process or technique>)
black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: plate mark 31.5 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 40 x 48 cm
General Subject:
allegory (preferred)
satire
literary

Specific Subjects:
Wolves and the Lamb [901001429]
.....((Fables, Literary works: Prose (novels, etc.), Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)
caricatures [300015634]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)
treaty [300027956]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, records (documents), <records by form or function>, legal documents, legal instruments, agreements, international agreements) (AAT)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
atrocities [300379127]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts, social issues, social conflict) (AAT)
La Fontaine, Jean de (French poet, 1621-1695) [500258332]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis; Inscription in the lower margin: Après mille ans et plus de guerre déclarée ... /
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 699742
Wolves making peace with the sheep: Satirical print of tyrannical injustice in which a victim is falsely accused........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Les loups faisant la paix avec les brebis; [graphic]......... [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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