ID: 700001637 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001637	Record Type: Movable Work

[Les sept merveilles du monde] (etchings (prints); Gilles Rousselet (French printmaker, 1610-1686); Abraham Bos...; Published: ca. 1639-1640; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2830-401; 830401; accession number: 2009.PR.15*)

Note: "Vignon Inuentor"--lower left; "Rousselet fecit"--lower center; "Mariette excudit Auec Priuilege"--lower right; Title from Bassani; The suite of prints engraved by Gilles Rousselet and etched by Abraham Bosse are after designs by Claude Vignon (cf. Bassani). Seven historical figures including the Pharaoh Khufu and Ptolemy stand before the seven wonders of the ancient world; Contents: Sphiron --; Faraon --; Ptolomee --; Teagene --; Antiope --; Semiramis --; Artemize; Contemporary leather binding, colored pastedowns, spine tooled and stamped in gilt: VIGNO; Bound with: Rousselet, Gilles. La galerie des femmes fortes. Paris : Pierre Mariette, [ca. 1640-47] (accn. no. 2009.PR.14*). Couvay, Jean. Les sept sages de la Grèce. Paris : Pierre Mariette, [ca. 1640-47] (accn. no. 2009.PR.16*). Publication: [Paris] : Mariette excudit auec priuilege, [ca. 1639-1640].

Titles:

[Les sept merveilles du monde] (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Seven wonders of the world (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

[Les sept merveilles du monde]; [graphic] / Vignon inuentor ; Couvay fecit. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: suite

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)

engravings (prints) [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)

reproductive prints [300041569]

..... (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 (visual works) [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. 1639-1640

Creator Display:

Gilles Rousselet (French printmaker, 1610-1686); Abraham Bosse (French printmaker, 1602-1676); Pierre Mariette I (French publisher, 1596-1657) [preferred,GRISC]

engraver (printmaker) Rousselet, Gilles (French printmaker, 1610-1686) [500027369]

publisher Mariette, Pierre, I (French dealer, publisher, and printmaker, 1596-1657) [500067584]

etcher Bosse, Abraham (French printmaker, 1602-1676) [500031187]

designer Vignon, Claude (French painter and printmaker, 1593-1670) [500008549]

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: 2830-401; 830401; accession number: 2009.PR.15*

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: 7 leaves of plates: engraving, etching, b&w

	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)

	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: 41 x 28 cm, 7 leaves

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

human figures

architecture

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Seven Wonders of the World [901000321]
	.....((Miscellaneous Themes and Narratives, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)

	Ptolemy (Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent, ca. 100-ca. 170 CE) [500330559]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Khufu (Ancient Egyptian pharoah, active 25th century BCE) [500372729]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Antiope [901000322]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Artemis [901000323]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Semiramis, Queen consort of Shamshi-Adad V (Assyrian queen consort, died after 810 BCE) [500340813]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: halwa; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Couvay fecit. "Vignon Inuentor"--lower left; "Rousselet fecit"--lower center; "Mariette excudit Auec Priuilege"--lower right;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Les sept merveilles du monde]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 830401
Seven wonders of the world	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
[Les sept merveilles du monde]; [graphic] / Vignon inuentor ; Couvay fecit.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Claude Vignon 1593-1670 / Paola Pacht Bassani p. 364-369

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