ID: 700001600 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001600	Record Type: Movable Work

Louis XVI (etching (print); unknown (etcher); Published: ca. 1790; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2714-022; 714022; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.29,f.3))

Note: The print is of King Louis XVI of France presented as a proponent of the new constitution and of the abolition of feudal privileges; Seated with his right hand on the text of the constitution and a foot trampling letters that are symbols of feudal privileges ("Lettr. de Cach."; "Lettres de Noblesse"; "Droits Féodeaux"), Louis XVI points to a map of France, with the newly created départements. There is a statue of Liberty to his right; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: A Paris: Chez l'auteur, rue Mazarine, no. 13, [ca. 1790].

Titles:

Louis XVI (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

King Louis XVI as a proponent of the new constitution (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Louis XVI; [graphic] / Audebert pinxit 1790. (C,U,undetermined,,)

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)

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. 1790

Creator Display:

unknown (etcher) [preferred,GRISC]

painter Audebert, Jean Baptiste (French painter and etcher, 1759-1800) [500044585]

etcher 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: 2714-022; 714022; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.29,f.3)

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: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: rue Mazarine, no. 13

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, roulette, 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)

	roulettes (engraving tools) [300022774]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for printing and printmaking>, printing surface preparation equipment, printing surface preparation tools)

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

Dimensions: plate mark 50 x 35 cm, on sheet 52.6 x 39.2 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	king (person) [300025481]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>, rulers (people), monarchs) (AAT)

	Term Not Found
	..... AAT Candidate

	immunities [300379195]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, legal concepts) (AAT)

	rulers (people) [300025475]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>) (AAT)

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

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Louis XVI Audebert pinxit 1790.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Louis XVI	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 714022
King Louis XVI as a proponent of the new constitution	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Louis XVI; [graphic] / Audebert pinxit 1790.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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