ID: 700001493 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001493	Record Type: Movable Work

The death of Robespierre (stipple engraving (print); Giacomo Aliprandi (Italian engraver, active late 18th-early ...; Published: ca. 1799; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2690-123; 690123; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.9,f.6))

Note: Another state of the stipple engraving has imprint: London, Published the 30 of June 1799; " ... / Who was guillotined in Paris the 28.th July 1794 / ... / thousands of innocent Victms"--two columns of letters in English and French in the lower margin; Printmaker from Bassano, Italy; The print depicts the execution of Robespierre in Paris on the Place Louis XV, renamed Place de la Révolution, July 28, 1794; Wearing a liberty cap, rather than the traditional hood, the executioner places Robespierre on the guillotine plank, while a people's commissioner stands on the right, holding the arrest decree; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1799].

Titles:

The death of Robespierre (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Mort de Robespierre (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

stipple engraving (print) [300041364] (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, engravings (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: ca. 1799

Creator Display:

Giacomo Aliprandi (Italian engraver, active late 18th-early 19th centuries) [preferred,GRISC]

engraver (printmaker) Aliprandi, Giacomo (Italian engraver, active late 18th-early 19th centuries) [500067172]

Beys, J. (French designer and draftsman, active late 18th century) [500354553]

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: 2690-123; 690123; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.9,f.6)

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 print: stipple engraving, b&w

	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>)

	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))

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

Dimensions: plate mark 40 x 29 cm, on sheet 46.5 x 34.3 cm

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Robespierre, Maximilien (French revolutionary and lawyer, 1758-1794) [500354298]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	executions (personal life events) [300069680]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events, deaths) (AAT)

	Place de la Concorde [7544568]
	.....(Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	French Revolution [901000102]
	.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	guillotine (cutting machinery) [300261951]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, cutting equipment, cutting machinery) (AAT)

	beheadings [300379186]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events, deaths, executions (personal life events)) (AAT)

	coups d'état [300379192]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, political events) (AAT)

	Sampson family (family, active late 18th century) [500354554]
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: The death of Robespierre = La mort de Robespierre / peinted by J. Beys ; Idnarpila f.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The death of Robespierre	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 690123
Mort de Robespierre	........ [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) 6507

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