ID: 700000744 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000744	Record Type: Movable Work

[Guerra d'amore] (etchings (prints); Callot, Jacques (etcher, 1592-1635); published 1616; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 552617; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 227-229, 231))

Note: The story of the Guerra d'amore involved a battle over the hand of Queen Lucinda between Indamoro, King of Narsinga, and Gradamento, King of Melinda. Agniolo Ricci was the choreographer of the ballet. Giulio Parigi designed the amphitheater, the floats and the costumes. Impressions of the etchings were issued with Andrea Salvadori's description of the festivities Gverra d'amore (Firenze : Stamperia di Z. Pignoni, 1615), and with Lettera al Sig. Alberico Cibo (In Pisa : Appresso Giouanni Fontani, 1615); The four prints depict the horse ballet and tournament Guerra d'amore, dedicated to the Archduchess of Austria Maria Maddalena and performed in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, on February 12, 1616 [1615 in "stile fiorentino"]; Prints [1] and [2] (cf. Lieure no. 170-171) show the procession of floats and the mock battle in the arena of Piazza Santa Croce. Print [3] (cf. Lieure no. 169) depicts the chariots and characters dressed in exotic costumes, identified by inscriptions. Print [4] (cf. Lieure no. 172) reveals plans of the choreographic figures of the carousel; Trimmed within plate mark and glued to mounts numbered "96" to "99" in brown ink. Prints [1], [2], [3] and [4] are numbered in collector's inventory: 229, 228, 227, 231; Library has another impression of the etchings bound in: Lettera al Sig. Alberico Cibo (In Pisa : Appresso Giouanni Fontani, 1615). Other impressions of prints [2-3] form part of the Italian Theater Collection: accn. no. P980004* (bx.6,f.4-6); Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**).

Titles:

[Guerra d'amore] (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Uno de gl'abbattimenti della guerra d'amore (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Prints depicting the equestrian ballet and tournament, Guerra d'amore, in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, for the Archduchess Maria Maddalena in 1616 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

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)

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 1616

Creator Display:

Callot, Jacques (etcher, 1592-1635) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Callot, Jacques (French etcher, engraver, and draftsman, 1592-1635) [500021688]

Parigi, Giulio (Italian architect, printmaker, 1571-1635) [500012573]

Ricci, Agniolo (Italian choreographer, 17th century) [500353750]

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: 552617; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 227-229, 231)

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: 4 prints: etching

	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>)

	etchings (prints) [300041365]
	.......(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)

Dimensions: ca. 22.4 x 30 cm, on mount ca. 31 x 42.2 cm; 4 prints; trimmed within plate mark and glued to mounts

General Subject:

events (preferred)

history and legend

performing arts

Specific Subjects:

	Guerra d'Amore [901001019]
	.....((Literary works: Musical, Choreographic works, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Italian noble, 1590-1621) [500353754]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	horse ballets [300379019]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), dances (performing arts compositions)) (AAT)

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

	equestrian ballet [300379019]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), dances (performing arts compositions)) (AAT)

	Maria Maddalena, d'Austria, granduchessa (Austrian noble, 1587-1631) [500353758]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	pageants [300069240]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, entertainment events, performances (creative events)) (AAT)

	floats (vehicles) [300251012]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), land vehicles, <land vehicles by form>, freewheeled vehicles, <freewheeled vehicles by form or function>) (AAT)

	Piazza Santa Croce [7544566]
	.....(Florence (inhabited place), Firenze province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	tournaments [300069188]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, contests) (AAT)

	tournament [300069188]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, contests) (AAT)

Provenance: xxx

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Guerra d'amore]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 552617
Uno de gl'abbattimenti della guerra d'amore	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Prints depicting the equestrian ballet and tournament, Guerra d'amore, in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, for the Archduchess Maria Maddalena in 1616	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

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

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

....................... Lieure, Jacques Callot (1989) no. 169-172

....................... Feste e apparati medicei no. 90-93, ill. 44-46

....................... Blumenthal, A. Theater art of the Medici no. 47

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