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ID: 700001486
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001486
Record Type: Movable Work
Testament de Louis XVI mort le lundi 21 janvier 1793 (prints (visual works); unknown (unknown nationality, artist); published:Chez Pasqui...; Published: ca. 1793; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2688-901; 688901; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.8,f.1))
Note: "Au nom de la très-Sainte-Trinité, du Pere, du Fils et du Saint-Esprit / ... / Je finis en déclarant devant Dieu, et prêt à paroître devant lui, que je ne me reproche aucun des crimes qui sont avancés contre moi. / Fait double à la tour du temple, le 25 Décembre 1792. / Signé LOUIS, est écrit, BAUDRAIS, officier municipal."--inscribed in tablet; The print simulates a framed tablet inscribed with the will written by Louis Capet, former King of France, while he was confined at the Temple Prison in Paris; Two profile portraits in round medallions of Charles-Louis and Marie-Thérèse, son and daughter of Louis XVI, and a round portrait bust of Louis XVI appear above the text of the will; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: A Paris : Chez Pasquier et Jagot, rue St. Jacques vis-a-vis le College ci-devant Louis le G.d, No. 170, [ca. 1793].
Titles:
Testament de Louis XVI mort le lundi 21 janvier 1793 (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)
Depiction of the framed last will of Louis XVI while he was confined at the Temple Prison in Paris (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Testament de Louis XVI mort le lundi 21 janvier 1793; [graphic]. (C,U,French,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
prints (visual works) [300041273] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)
stipple engraving (print) [300041364]
..... (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, engravings (prints))

Classifications:
prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: ca. 1793

Creator Display:
unknown (unknown nationality, artist); published:Chez Pasquier et Jagot, rue St. Jacques vis-a-vis le College ci-devant Louis le G.d, No. 170 [preferred,GRISC]
publishers Pasquier et Jagot (French publishers, active late 18th century) [500354455]
Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]
unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]
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: 2688-901; 688901; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.8,f.1)
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: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: 1 print: stipple engraving, etching, b&w
stipple engraving (printing process) [300053239]
.......(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))
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)
black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: plate mark 32 x 22 cm, on sheet 34.2 x 24.5 cm
General Subject:
nonrepresentational art (preferred)
portraits
history and legend

Specific Subjects:
Angoulême, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d' (French noble, 1778-1851) [500354458]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France (French king, 1785-1795) [500354456]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
wills [300027764]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, records (documents), <records by form or function>, legal documents, legal instruments) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Testament de Louis XVI mort le lundi 21 janvier 1793
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Testament de Louis XVI mort le lundi 21 janvier 1793........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 688901
Depiction of the framed last will of Louis XVI while he was confined at the Temple Prison in Paris........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Testament de Louis XVI mort le lundi 21 janvier 1793; [graphic]......... [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 5240
....................... Hennin 11449 (variant)
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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