Science and luxury : two acquisitions by the J. Paul Getty Museum

Author

Ronfort, Jean-Nérée

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

J. Paul Getty Museum journal. 1989, Vol. 17, p. 47-82, 35 ill.

ISSN

0362-1979

Abstract (en)

Discusses science and the social elite during the early reign of Louis XV as the context for the following objects, acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu: a pair of celestial and terrestrial globes by Nollet (1728 and 1730) in collaboration with the engravers Nicolas Bailleul and Louis Borde, with stands attributed to the Martin workshop; and a compound microscope with case, made in Paris ca.1749.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Decorative arts -- Other media and forms -- France
• Precision instruments
• France
• 1700-1800
• Science
• Society
• Microscopes
• Globes
• Nollet, Jean Antoine, 1700-1770
• Louis XV, king of France, 1710-1774
• Bailleul, Nicolas, act.1742
• Martin, Guillaume, d.1749
• Borde, Louis, act.1728
• Prints
• Maps
• J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa||Malibu (CA, USA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Arts décoratifs -- Autres formes d'art -- France
• Instrument de précision
• France
• 1700-1800
• Sciences
• Société
• Microscope
• Globe
• Nollet, Jean Antoine, 1700-1770
• Louis XV, roi de France, 1710-1774
• Bailleul, Nicolas, act.1742
• Martin, Guillaume, m.1749
• Borde, Louis, act.1728
• Estampe
• Carte
• J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa||Malibu (CA, USA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00459275

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