ID: 700001390 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001390	Record Type: Movable Work

Catafalco eretto nella basilica vaticana per le solenni esseqvie celebrate nella morte del sommo pontefice Benedetto XIV. segvita li tre. maggio MDCCXLVIII (etching (print); Cigni, Domenico (etcher); published by Nella calcografia del...; Published: 1758; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2646-528; 646528; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 989))

Note: The print shows an elevation and a half plan of the catafalque designed by Paolo Posi, architect of the Palazzi apostolici, for the obsequies at St. Peter's of the late pope Benedict XIV, who died on May 3, 1758; The ephemeral funeral structure is adorned in its center by a pyramid that displays a papal portrait medallion held by Fame and a putto carrying Fame's trumpet. Crowned by an allegorical statue, the pyramid is surrounded at the four corners by candelabra pedestals; Printmaker, active in Rome; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**); Binding holes along the left margin; numbered in brown ink: 94/70; Watermark: fleur-de-lys within double circle. In Roma : Nella calcografia della R. C. A. al piè di marmo, [1758]

Titles:

Catafalco eretto nella basilica vaticana per le solenni esseqvie celebrate nella morte del sommo pontefice Benedetto XIV. segvita li tre. maggio MDCCXLVIII (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Catafalque in St. Peter's for Benedict XIV in 1758 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catafalco eretto nella basilica vaticana per le solenni esseqvie celebrate nella morte del sommo pontefice Benedetto XIV. segvita li tre. maggio MDCCXLVIII; [graphic] / architettura di Paolo Posi ; Giuseppe Palazzi delineò ; Domenico Cigni incise. (C,U,Italian,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)

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: 1758

Creator Display:

Cigni, Domenico (etcher); published by Nella calcografia della R. C. A. al piè di marmo [preferred,GRISC]

Cigni, Domenico (Italian etcher and painter, active mid-18th century) [500354468]

Palazzi, Giuseppe (Italian architect, 1740-1810) [500119140]

Posi, Paolo (Italian architect, 1708-1776) [500009113]

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: 2646-528; 646528; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 989)

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: Roma [7000874] Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: 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)

Dimensions: plate mark 52.7 x 37 cm, on sheet 56 x 42 cm

General Subject:

funerary (preferred)

structures

Specific Subjects:

	catafalques [300005906]
	.....(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>, ceremonial structures, funerary structures) (AAT)

	funerals [300069162]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)

	Benedict XIV, Pope (Italian pope, 1675-1758) [500314192]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

	funeral decorations [300378993]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, festival decorations) (AAT)

	funeral rites [300069162]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)

	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)

	Roma [7003138]
	.....(Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Saint Peter's Basilica [700000166]
	.....(Saint Peter's Basilica [700000166], Vatican Complex [700008429], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

Watermarks: fleur-de-lys within double circle

Inscriptions: Catafalco eretto nella basilica vaticana per le solenni esseqvie celebrate nella morte del sommo pontefice Benedetto XIV. segvita li tre. maggio MDCCXLVIII architettura di Paolo Posi ; Giuseppe Palazzi delineò ; Domenico Cigni incise.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Catafalco eretto nella basilica vaticana per le solenni esseqvie celebrate nella morte del sommo pontefice Benedetto XIV. segvita li tre. maggio MDCCXLVIII	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 646528
Catafalque in St. Peter's for Benedict XIV in 1758	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Catafalco eretto nella basilica vaticana per le solenni esseqvie celebrate nella morte del sommo pontefice Benedetto XIV. segvita li tre. maggio MDCCXLVIII; [graphic] / architettura di Paolo Posi ; Giuseppe Palazzi delineò ; Domenico Cigni incise.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Fagiolo dell'Arco, M. Corpus delle feste a Roma. 2. Il Settecento e l'Ottocento p. 158, no. 1

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