ID: 700001428 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001428	Record Type: Movable Work

Venere gelosa (etchings (prints); Pierre Aveline the Elder (French printmaker, 1654-1722) ; Published: 1680s?; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2609-987; 609987; accession number: 2003.PR.72*)

Note: The inscriptions on ten of the prints refer to the opera Venere gelosa, although only four document sets for this opera. The prints, signed "graué par Aveline" or "fait par Aveline", have traditionally been attributed to Pierre Aveline. W.-A. Weigert includes them in Pierre Aveline's catalog with reservations; Plate marks 21.8 x 32.2 cm. and smaller, on sheets 27.5 x 35 cm; Title from lettering on spine; The bound volume comprises 12 prints documenting sets designed by Giacomo Torelli for opera and ballet performances held in Venice and Paris. The etchings are based on earlier prints that illustrated the libretti or that were issued on the occasion of the performances; Four etchings are derived from prints issued in Apparati scenici per lo Teatro novissimo di Venetia nell anno 1644 (Venetia, 1644). They record sets designed by Torelli for the opera Venere gelosa that was performed at the Teatro novissimo in Venice in 1643. One etching, based on Nicolas Cochin's print published in Feste theatrali per La finta pazza, documents a set for the opera La finta pazza enacted at the Hôtel du Petit Bourbon in Paris in 1645. Six etchings are based on prints documenting the sets of the ballet Les noces de Pelée et de Thetis performed in the Hôtel du Petit Bourbon in Paris on April 14, 1654. One etching depicts an unidentified set by Torelli; Contents: Temple de Bacchus dans l'isle de Naxos --; Temple Elysees --; Décoration du palais d'Apolon --; Toute la perspective de la grote étant changée à la place d'vne longue suite de rochers --; Tombeaux du roy de l'isle de Naxos --; Veuë et perspective d'une décoration de théatre --; Décoration de théâtre du ballet de Thetis representé en machine au Petit Bourbon --; Décoration du palais de Mercure --; Champs Elysées --; Grande place du palais du roy de l'isle de Naxos --; Campagne et bocage agreable dans l'isle de Naxos --; Grand cabinet de lauriers dans les jardins du roy de l'isle de Naxos

Titles:

Venere gelosa (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Sets for the opera 'Venere gelosa [Jealous Venus]' (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Venere gelosa; [graphic]. (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Catalog Level: volume

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)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1680s?

Creator Display:

Pierre Aveline the Elder (French printmaker, 1654-1722) [preferred,GRISC]

artist Aveline, Pierre, the elder (French printmaker, 1654-1722) [500042979]

Torelli, Giacomo (Italian painter and scenographer, born 1604 or 1608, died 1678) [500045636]

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: 2609-987; 609987; accession number: 2003.PR.72*

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. (12 etchings)

	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: 28.5 x 36 cm

General Subject:

performance art (preferred)

decorative arts

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	Venere gelosa [901001431]
	.....((Literary works: Musical, Choreographic works, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	sets (theatrical) [300188014]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>) (AAT)

	Deidamia [901000319]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	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)

	opera (music genre) [300054147]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for performing arts>, music (performing arts genre)) (AAT)

	Peleus [901000320]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	stage machinery [300049869]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by building type>, theater spaces, <performance and backstage spaces>, <stages and stage components>, stage components) (AAT)

	ballet (discipline) [300054145]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts (broad discipline), performing arts (discipline), dance (discipline)) (AAT)

	Thetis [901000074]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Venus [901001064]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: Mario Lanfranchi London, England ; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Venere gelosa

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Venere gelosa	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 609987
Sets for the opera 'Venere gelosa [Jealous Venus]'	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Venere gelosa; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Weigert, R.-A., Préaud, M. Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle vol. 1, p. 241-242, no. 398-402

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