ID: 700001245 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001245	Record Type: Movable Work

Vertu surmonte tous obstacles (etching (print); Marie-Anne Croisier (French painter, 1765-1812); Published: ca. 1788; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2715-386; 715386; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.1,f.1))

Note: "La France montre à ses trois Enfans le nouveau Ministre, dont la Renommée l'annonce de sa trompette, et lui déssile les Nuages qui les couvraient / ..."--inscribed in the lower margin; "La Reine interessée au bonheur de la France / ..."--quatrain in the lower margin; The anonymous print was possibly engraved by Marie-Anne Croisier, a student of Saint-Aubin, who signed another allegorical print glorifying Necker (de Vinck); The allegorical print in honor of Jacques Necker is related to his appointment to the post of Director-General of Finances and Minister of State of the Kingdom of France on August 26, 1788; A personification of France presents her children to Necker, announced by Fame, while Apollo chases away Envy, Discord, and Vengeance. Above, three winged putti carry the portrait medallions of Marie-Antoinette, Louis XVI, and Sully, minister of Henry IV; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); Verses without inscription "scripsit Galand de Sairs." Publication: [ca. 1788].

Titles:

Vertu surmonte tous obstacles (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Virtue overcomes all obstacles: Allegorical print in honor of Jacques Necker (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Vertu surmonte tous obstacles; [graphic]. (C,U,French,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: ca. 1788

Creator Display:

Marie-Anne Croisier (French painter, 1765-1812) [preferred,VP]

Croisier, Marie-Anne (French painter, 1765-1812) [500354324]

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: 2715-386; 715386; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.1,f.1)

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, tool work, brown ink

	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>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

Dimensions: sheet 28.2 x 37.3 cm

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Necker, Jacques (French government official, 1732-1804) [500354260]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	French Revolution [901000102]
	.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (French queen consort, 1755-1793) [500122363]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Apollo [901000109]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de (French minister and statesman, 1559-1641) [500354367]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	quatrain [300379094]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>, <poetry and poems>, poems, <poems by form>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Vertu surmonte tous obstacles; "La France montre à ses trois Enfans le nouveau Ministre, dont la Renommée l'annonce de sa trompette, et lui déssile les Nuages qui les couvraient / ..."--inscribed in the lower margin.; "La Reine interessée au bonheur de la France / ..."--quatrain in the lower margin.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Vertu surmonte tous obstacles	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 715386
Virtue overcomes all obstacles: Allegorical print in honor of Jacques Necker	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Vertu surmonte tous obstacles; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 529

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