ID: 700001344 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001344	Record Type: Movable Work

[Hell] (engraving (print); Epifanio d'Alfiano (Italian monk and printmaker, active 1591...; Published: ca. 1592; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 1575-281; 552002; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 205))

Note: Bastiano de' Rossi, chief secretary of the Accademia della Crusca in Florence, described the interludes by Giovanni de' Bardi in Descrizione dell'apparato e degl'intermedi ... (In Firenze : Per Anton Padouani, M.D.LXXXIX [1589]); The print depicts the fourth intermezzo of the comedy La pellegrina performed in the Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi on the evening of May 2, 1589, as part of the festivities honoring the wedding of Ferdinand I de' Medici to Princess Christine of Lorraine; The engraving records Bernardo Buontalenti's stage design for the intermezzo. It is composed of a fiery, rocky and cavernous landscape and, in the background, a cityscape. The giant Lucifer rises from the flames, devouring a soul, as he reaches his arms out grabbing at other souls. The sorceress Maga appears in the sky in a dragon-drawn chariot. Eighteen heavenly figures watch the spectacle, seated on clouds in a semicircle. The engraver's name is inscribed in capital letters on a chariot's wheel; Trimmed along the right margin, with loss of plate mark; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**).. [ca. 1592] (34501/publishers)

Titles:

[Hell] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Stage setting, Intermedio 4. (C,U,English,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

engraving (print) [300041340] (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: ca. 1592

Creator Display:

Epifanio d'Alfiano (Italian monk and printmaker, active 1591-1607) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Alfiano, Epifanio de (Italian monk and printmaker, active 1591-1607) [500044475]

Buontalenti, Bernardo (Florentine architect and painter, ca. 1531-1608) [500025452]

Bardi, Giovanni de' (Italian scholar, author, 1534-1612) [500354007]

Rossi, Bastiano de' (Italian writer, 15th-16th centuries) [500354148]

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: 1575-281; 552002; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 205)

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: engraving

	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)

	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: ca. 26.1 x 36.2 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

performing arts

Specific Subjects:

	Hell [901000384]
	.....((Christian legendary places, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Christine of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Tuscan grand duchess, 1565-1636) [500353651]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	weddings (ceremonies) [300069158]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)

	devils (spirits) [300379005]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings)) (AAT)

	Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany (Italian noble, 1549-1609) [500260482]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

	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)

	interludes [300378997]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	Lorraine, House of (European family, contemporary) [500353652]
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

	Satan [901001242]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Medici family (Italian rulers, bankers, 15th-18th centuries) [500114961]
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

	depictions (visual works) [300248231]
	.....(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)

	sets (theatrical) [300188014]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>) (AAT)

	Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy) [700000221]
	.....(Teatro Mediceo [700000221], Palazzo degli Uffizi [700009652], Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings [700009567], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	theater (discipline) [300054148]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts (broad discipline), performing arts (discipline), theater arts) (AAT)

	theaters (buildings) [300007117]
	.....(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>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings) (AAT)

Provenance: xxx

Inscriptions: D. Epifanio. d'Alf. m. vall. incid.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Hell]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 552002
Stage setting, Intermedio 4.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Saslow, J. M. The Medici wedding of 1589 no. 52

....................... Nagler, A. M. Theater festivals of the Medici p. 86-87, ill. 56

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