ID: 700001363 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001363	Record Type: Movable Work

Samson betrayed by Delilah (mezzotint (print); Valentine Green (English engraver and draftsman, 1739-1813);...; Published: November 1, 1793; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2580-027; 580027; accession number: 2005.PR.57**)

Note: Inscription in the lower margin: To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning / Duke of Bavaria &c. &c. &c. This PLATE Engraved by His Gracious Permission / from the Original Picture in the Electoral Gallery of Dusseldorf, is Dedicated by His / Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants. / Valentine Green / Rupert Green; "In Mons:r Pigage's Catalogue of the Dusseldorf Gallery, this Subject is No: 269"--engraved in the lower margin; In 1789, the English printmaker Valentine Green and his son Rupert were granted monopoly over engravings of paintings in the Electoral Gallery at Düsseldorf by the Elector Charles Theodore Pfalz-Sulzbach of Bavaria; The print showing the capture of Samson by the Philistines (Judges, XVI, 20-21) is after a painting attributed to Peter Paul Rubens's workshop (Munich, Alte Pinakothek, Inv. no. 348). Publication: [London] : Published Nov.r 1. 1793. by V. & R. Green No. 13 Berners Street London, [1793].

Titles:

Samson betrayed by Delilah (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Samson taken by the Philistines. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mezzotint (print) [300041356] (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, engravings (prints))

reproductive print [300041569]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works))

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: November 1, 1793

Creator Display:

Valentine Green (English engraver and draftsman, 1739-1813); published by V. & R. Green No. 13 Berners Street London [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Green, Valentine (English engraver and draftsman, 1739-1813) [500021991]

printmaker Green, Rupert (English engraver and publisher, ca. 1768-1804) [500353663]

Liechtenstein, House of (Liechtenstein family of rulers, contemporary) [500339297]

painter Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter, 1577-1640) Extent: work depicted [500002921]

Carl Theodore - Elector of Bavaria (Bavarian ruler, 1724-1799 ) [500354157]

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: 2580-027; 580027; accession number: 2005.PR.57**

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: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: mezzotint

	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>)

	mezzotint (process) [300053233]
	.......(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, engraving (printing process))

Dimensions: platemark 56.8 x 61.2 cm, sheet 57.2 x 61.4 cm, on mount 74 x 102 cm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Bible, Old Testament [901000253]
	.....((Bible, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Delilah [901000361]
	.....((Old Testament characters, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Pigage, Nicolas de (French architect and designer, 1723-1796, active in Germany) [500024048]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	Samson [901000362]
	.....((Old Testament characters, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein; rumbl ; Purchase

Inscriptions: Samson betrayed by Delilah Samson trahi par Dalila / painted by P.P. Rubens ; engraved by V. Green mezzotinto engraver to His Majesty and to the Elector Palatine. Inscription in the lower margin: To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning / Duke of Bavaria &c. &c. &c. This PLATE Engraved by His Gracious Permission / from the Original Picture in the Electoral Gallery of Dusseldorf, is Dedicated by His / Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants. / Valentine Green / Rupert Green; "In Mons:r Pigage's Catalogue of the Dusseldorf Gallery, this Subject is No: 269"--engraved in the lower margin

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Samson betrayed by Delilah	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 580027
Samson taken by the Philistines.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Schneevoogt, C. G. Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P. P. Rubens no. 42

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