ID: 700001414 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001414	Record Type: Movable Work

Achilles's life (etchings (prints); Baron, Bernard (printmaker, 1696-1762), possibly from prepar...; Published: 1724; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2574-043; 574043; accession number: 2002.PR.34*)

Note: During his stay in London from 1712 to 1729, Bernard Baron etched The life of Achilles that Peter Paul Rubens had likely designed for his father-in-law, the tapestry merchant Daniel Fourment. Baron may have used preparatory paintings executed by his collaborator Du Bosc as models for this suite of etchings, rather than the original oil sketches by Rubens; The suite comprises eight prints depicting the life of Achilles and a title page dedicated to the royal physician Richard Mead, who had acquired Rubens's oil sketches. The title page shows Fame, accompanied by Athena, unveiling an oval portrait of Rubens; Contents: Achilles dip't in Styx --; Achilles instructed --; Achilles discovered --; Achilles armed --; Achilles angry --; Achilles reconciled --; Achilles revenging --; Achilles slain. Publication: [London] : Sold by Tho. Bowles printseller, in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, [1724].

Titles:

Achilles's life (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,U,U)

Achilles's life; [graphic] / painted by S.r Peter Paul Rubens and engrav'd by B. Baron - London 1724. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Life of Achilles, after Peter Paul Rubens (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: suite

Work Types:

etchings (prints) [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>)

engravings (prints) [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))

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1724

Creator Display:

Baron, Bernard (printmaker, 1696-1762), possibly from preparatory paintings by Claude Dubosc, after designs by Peter Paul Rubens; Sold by Tho. Bowles printseller, in St. Pauls Church Yard, London [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Baron, Bernard (French printmaker, 1696-ca. 1766, active in England) [500001126]

publishers Bowles, Thomas (British draftsman and engraver, ca. 1712-after 1753) [500003830]

artist Du Bosc, Claude (French engraver, active first half of 18th century in London) [500029196]

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

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: 2574-043; 574043; accession number: 2002.PR.34*

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: 9 prints: etching, engraving

	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: plate marks ca. 45 x 34 cm or smaller, on sheets ca. 66 x 50 cm or smaller

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Achilles [901000072]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	reproductive prints [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)) (AAT)

	Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter, 1577-1640) [500002921]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	Trojan War [901000351]
	.....((Greek narratives, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Mead, Richard (English physician, 1673-1754) [500322348]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: halwa ; purchase.

Inscriptions: Achilles's life painted by S.r Peter Paul Rubens and engrav'd by B. Baron - London 1724.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Achilles's life	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 574043
Achilles's life; [graphic] / painted by S.r Peter Paul Rubens and engrav'd by B. Baron - London 1724.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Life of Achilles, after Peter Paul Rubens	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du 18e siècle / Marcel Roux et al. v. 11, p. 606-607, no. 5

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