ID: 700000577 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000577	Record Type: Movable Work

[Teatro] (etching (print); Geffels, Frans (etcher); Published: 1668; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 666894; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1265))

Note: Dedication in the lower margin: SACRA CESAREA MAESTA / Hauendo riceuto l'honore di operare col' dipinger alcune mutazioni di Scena, con la soffita dell'Auditorio nell. Aug.mo Teatro Fabricato per celebrare le Cesaree Nozze della S.C.R.M.V.a onde per dar un Saggio della mia umilissima Seruitù / hò posto in dissegno una veduta del fianco del Sudetto Teatro accio quelli ancora che non l'hauranno ueduto possino godere' delle magnificenze della Sacra C.R.M.V.a onde per tal effetto hauendolo Scolpito lo publico alle Stampe col' Supplicare la sua Clement:ma grazia à non sdegnare questa mia fatica mentre a piedi Clementissimi della M.V.a Proffondissimamente m'inchino / Lodouico Burnacino ingegniero di Sua S. C. M. Inuentor / Humilis:mo Deuot:mo Obligat:mo et Ess:mo Ser:e Fran:co Geffels. Delin: et Scolp; Flemish printmaker, painter and architect, who was active in Antwerp, Mantua, and Vienna; The print depicts the auditorium of the Comödihauss auf der Cortina built in Vienna for the 1668 performance of Pietro Antonio Cesti's opera Il pomo d'oro, held in celebration of the wedding of Holy Roman emperor Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita Teresa of Spain; The imperial couple is seated, with other members of the audience, in the theater designed by Ludovico Burnacini, architect and engineer to the emperor. The ceiling painted by Frans Geffels is rendered in detail; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**); Glued to disbound album leaf that is annotated in brown ink on verso: 79 / 49 / Baldassare Peruzzi / ... / Sanese fu disposto dalla / natura ad essere Pittore, ed Architetto, ... / Abecedario; Library has another impression of the etching bound in: Jl pomo d'oro (In Vienna d'Austria : Appresso Matteo Cosmerovio, stampatore della corte, l'anno 1668).

Titles:

[Teatro] (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,U,U)

Performance of opera 'Il pomo d'oro' in auditorium of the Comödihauss auf der Cortina in Vienna, in celebration of the wedding of Holy Roman emperor Leopold I in 1668 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

[Teatro]; [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)

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: 1668

Creator Display:

Geffels, Frans (etcher) [preferred,GRISC]

Geffels, Frans (Flemish architect and painter, active 1635-1680) [500003770]

publishers unknown Austrian (Austrian cultural designation) [500125217]

Burnacini, Lodovico Ottavio (Italian scenographer and painter, 1636-1707, active in Austria) [500007823]

Cesti, Antonio (Italian composer, singer, 1623-1669) [500353767]

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: 666894; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1265)

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

	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)

Dimensions: sheet 33.2 x 49.6 cm, on mount 42 x 56 cm

Events:

miscellaneous: Wien [7003030] (Austria (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet))

General Subject:

interior architecture (preferred)

human figures

history and legend

events

Specific Subjects:

	ephemeral structure [300007997]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by design>) (AAT)

	Pomo d'oro, Il [901001432]
	.....((Literary works: Musical, Choreographic works, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	history (literary genre) [300026358]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	Margarita Teresa, Empress, consort of Leopold I (Spanish empress consort, 1651-1673) [500353753]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705) [500353751]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	royalty (nobility) [300188750]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, social classes, <social classes by specific type>, upper class, aristocracy (social class), nobility) (AAT)

	weddings (ceremonies) [300069158]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)

	opera houses [300007104]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings, concert halls) (AAT)

	depictions (visual works) [300248231]
	.....(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)

	sets (theatrical) [300188014]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>) (AAT)

	theaters (buildings) [300007117]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings) (AAT)

Provenance: xxx

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Teatro]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 666894
Performance of opera 'Il pomo d'oro' in auditorium of the Comödihauss auf der Cortina in Vienna, in celebration of the wedding of Holy Roman emperor Leopold I in 1668	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
[Teatro]; [graphic].	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Watanabe-O'Kelly, H. Festivals and ceremonies no. 75

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