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ID: 700001233
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001233
Record Type: Movable Work
Marat tel qu'il était au moment de sa mort (etching (print); Jacques-Louis Copia (German engraver and etcher, 1764-1799);...; Published: 1794; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2714-081; 714081; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.29,f.4))
Note: "Ne pouvant me corrompre, ils m'ont assassiné"--inscribed below the image; The print was announced in the Journal de Paris on the 24 ventôse Year II (March 14, 1794); German printmaker active in France; The print is after the pen drawing made from life by Jacques-Louis David of the assassinated Marat; Marat's head leans towards the right within a rectangle that is inscribed at the corners "À MARAT - L'AMI - DU PEUPLE - DAVID."; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: Se vend à Paris : Chez Constantin m.d de tableaux quai de l'Ecole no 4 et chez Copia rue Boucher no 6, [1794].
Titles:
Marat tel qu'il était au moment de sa mort (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Print from drawing made from life of the assassinated Marat (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Marat tel qu'il était au moment de sa mort; [graphic] / David del. ; Copia sculp. (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)
engraving (print) [300041340]
..... (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: 1794

Creator Display:
Jacques-Louis Copia (German engraver and etcher, 1764-1799); Chez Constantin (publisher); after the pen drawing made from life by Jacques-Louis David [preferred,GRISC]
printmaker Copia, Jacques-Louis (German engraver and etcher, 1764-1799) [500050399]
publishers Chez Constantin (French publishing house, active late 18th century) [500354344]
draftsman David, Jacques-Louis (French painter, 1748-1825) Extent: work depicted [500115221]
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: 2714-081; 714081; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.29,f.4)
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)
Display Materials: 1 print: etching, engraving, b&w
black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))
engraving (printing process) [300053225]
.......(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)
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: platemark 37.8 x 31.2 cm, on sheet 55.5 x 34.5 cm
General Subject:
portraits (preferred)
history and legend

Specific Subjects:
Marat, Jean Paul (French politician, physician, and journalist, 1743-1793) [500337698]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
history (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)
heroes [300236801]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)
martyrs [300188714]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
portraits [300015637]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Marat tel qu'il était au moment de sa mort David del. ; Copia sculp.; "Ne pouvant me corrompre, ils m'ont assassiné"--inscribed below the image.;
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Marat tel qu'il était au moment de sa mort........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 714081
Print from drawing made from life of the assassinated Marat........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Marat tel qu'il était au moment de sa mort; [graphic] / David del. ; Copia sculp......... [GRISC]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 5313
....................... Hennin 11543
....................... Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du 18e siècle / par Marcel Roux vol. 5, p. 224-225, no. 36
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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