ID: 700001415 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001415	Record Type: Movable Work

[Assumption of the Virgin] (etching (print); Domenico Bonaveri (Italian engraver, born ca. 1640); Published: 1697; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2581-247; 581247; accession number: 2002.PR.40*)

Note: In 1697, the Bolognese etcher Domenico Bonaveri dedicated a suite of fifteen etchings after Correggio to Marchese Francesco Maria Monti Bendini. Derived from drawings or prints by Giovanni Battista Vanni, the etchings were issued by Lunghi and document Correggio's Assumption of the Virgin frescoes in the cupola of the Duomo of Parma; The bound volume comprises the complete suite of etchings by Bonaveri after the frescoes of Correggio in the Duomo of Parma (plate marks ca. 39.6 x 53.6 cm. and smaller). Detailed representations are given of the apostles and ephebes from the decoration of the drum of the cupola [pl. 5-12], and of the Virgin Mary and Eve amidst musical angels and clouds [pl. 13-14]. The patron saints of Parma from the squinches of the dome are reproduced in plates [15-18]: John the Baptist, Bernard, Bishop Hilary of Poitiers, and the Apostle Thomas; Plates [1-3] are etchings by Michel Corneille (plate marks 52.2 x 28.4 cm. and smaller) depicting the Massacre of Innocents (pl. [1-2]) and Noli me tangere (pl. [3]). They bear the address of the publisher Nicolò Billy and reproduce in reverse tapestry sketches designed by Raphael for a series of the Life of Christ that was commissioned by King Francis I in 1519; Binding: full vellum. Watermark. Publication: 1697.

Titles:

[Assumption of the Virgin] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

[Assumption of the Virgin]; [graphic]. (C,U,English,,)

Catalog Level: volume

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: 1697

Creator Display:

Domenico Bonaveri (Italian engraver, born ca. 1640) [preferred,GRISC]

engraver (printmaker) Bonavera, Domenico (Italian engraver, 1653-1731) [500051108]

Vanni, Giovanni Battista (Italian painter and printmaker, 1599-1660) [500022560]

Correggio, Antonio da (Italian painter, ca. 1489-1534) [500006208]

Longhi, Giuseppe (Italian printer, 1620-1691) [500354634]

Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520) [500023578]

Corneille, Michel, the elder (French painter and printmaker, born ca. 1601-1603, died 1664) [500007499]

Billy, Nicolò (Italian engraver, publisher, and dealer, active ca. 1689-1747) [500354635]

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: 2581-247; 581247; accession number: 2002.PR.40*

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 v. ([18] leaves of plates): etching, engraving, b&w

	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)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: 44 x 31 cm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	apostles [300343837]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

	clouds [300343840]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, earth sciences concepts, earth features) (AAT)

	Duomo di Parma [700001290]
	.....(Duomo di Parma [700001290], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	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)

	Resurrection of Christ [901000347]
	.....((Passion of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Mary, Blessed Virgin [901000032]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Assumption of the Virgin Mary [901001007]
	.....((Life of the Virgin Mary, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Massacre of the Innocents [901001050]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	murals (general, decorations on wall) [300182732]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by location or context>) (AAT)

	tapestry (wall hanging) [300205002]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, coverings and hangings, <coverings and hangings by specific type>, <coverings and hangings by location or context>, <coverings and hangings for surface elements>, wall hangings) (AAT)

Provenance: Margaret B. Fowler; cgboe purchase at Swann New York auction, May 1, 2001 (sale 1896), lot #205A

Marks: watermarks

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Assumption of the Virgin]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 581247
[Assumption of the Virgin]; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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