ID: 700001366 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001366	Record Type: Movable Work

[Consecration of Decius Mus] (etching (print); Schmutzer, Joseph (printmaker, 1683-1740); Published: 1700s; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2580-035; 580035; accession number: 2005.PR.53**)

Note: Inscription in the lower margin : P. DECIVM MVREM COS ... / EX PINACOTHECA / LICHTENSTEINIANA / DELINEATVM. ATQVE AENEIS / TABVLIS EXPRESSVM. / And. et Jos. Schmuzer fratres / d.d.d. / Viennae. Aust; Austrian engraver, who collaborated with his brother Andreas; The print depicts the story told by Livy of the Roman commander Publius Decius Mus who, visited by a divine apparition, decides to sacrifice himself to the gods of the Underworld in order to save his army in a battle against the Latins; Related to Rubens's oil sketch for the tapestries series of the Story of Decius Mus, the print is after the canvas version (Vienna, Liechtenstein Museum, Inv. 49), that has also been attributed to van Dyck. Publication: [17--].

Titles:

[Consecration of Decius Mus] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Decius Mus devotes himself to the gods of the Underworld. (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)

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: 1700s

Creator Display:

Schmutzer, Joseph (printmaker, 1683-1740) [preferred,GRISC]

Schmutzer, Joseph (Austrian engraver, 1683-1740) [500062826]

Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter, 1577-1640) [500002921]

Schmutzer, Andreas (Austrian engraver, 1700-1740) [500094096]

painter Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish painter, 1599-1641, active in England) Extent: work depicted [500115190]

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

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: 2580-035; 580035; accession number: 2005.PR.53**

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, etching

	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>)

	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)

	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)

Dimensions: sheet 51.2 x 52 cm, on mount 74.4 x 102 cm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

military

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Decius Mus (Roman consul, active 3rd century BCE) [500338075]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Ab Urbe Condita [901000356]
	.....((Literary works: History, Biographies, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

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

Inscriptions: P. DECIVM MVREM COS ... / EX PINACOTHECA / LICHTENSTEINIANA / DELINEATVM. ATQVE AENEIS / TABVLIS EXPRESSVM. / And. et Jos. Schmuzer fratres / d.d.d. / Viennae Aust.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Consecration of Decius Mus]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 580035
Decius Mus devotes himself to the gods of the Underworld.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Nagler, G. K. Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon vol. 15, no. 17

....................... Schneevoogt, C. G. Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P. P. Rubens p. 218, no. 17.3

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