ID: 700001530 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001530	Record Type: Movable Work

Ego stultus propter Christum (etching (print); unknown (unknown nationality, artist); Published: 1790; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2697-361; 697361; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.17,f.5))

Note: Issued in: Révolutions de France et de Brabant ... / par Camille Desmoulins (Paris : De l'imprimerie de Laillet & Garnéry ..., 1790, no. 18); According to Blum, the satirical print is of Abbé Jean-Sifrein Maury, a member of the National Assembly, who served as spokesman for the clergy and nobility; A clergyman, with the fool's bauble, cap, and bells, rides a donkey in a cobblestoned street lined with classical buildings. He carries a standard that is inscribed "Ego stultus propter Christum" (I am fool for Christ's sake); Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [1790].

Titles:

Ego stultus propter Christum (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Satirical print of Abbé Jean-Sifrein Maury, member of the National Assembly (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Ego stultus propter Christum; [graphic]. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

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)

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: 1790

Creator Display:

unknown (unknown nationality, artist) [preferred,VP]

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: 2697-361; 697361; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.17,f.5)

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: etching, 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>)

	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: image 13.2 x 8.5 cm, on sheet 18 x 12 cm

General Subject:

satire (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	clergy [300025747]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

	caricatures [300015634]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)

	Maury, Jean Siffrein, Cardinal (French cardinal, 1746-1817) [500354506]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Ego stultus propter Christum

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Ego stultus propter Christum	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 697361
Satirical print of Abbé Jean-Sifrein Maury, member of the National Assembly	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Ego stultus propter Christum; [graphic].	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Hennin 10664

....................... La caricature révolutionnaire / André Blum no. 438

....................... Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution française / par Maurice Tourneux t. 2, p. 557-560, no. 10379

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