ID: 700001907 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001907	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Shiva Nataraja (sculpture (visual works); anoniem; 1100/1200; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); AK-MAK-187; RM001.collect.677)

Titles:

Shiva Nataraja (preferred,C,U,RP,Dutch-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1100/1200

Creator Display:

anoniem [preferred,VP]

creator unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: AK-MAK-187; RM001.collect.677

Credit Line: Bruikleen van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst

Creation: Tamil Nādu [7001797] India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	founding (metal or glass working) [300054038]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

Dimensions: overall 153 cm (height) 114.5 cm (width); base 73.5 (width) 44 cm (depth) 19 cm (height)

Events:

exhibition: Metamorfoze/Geheugenproject Willem Witsen

exhibition: L'eredità di Giotto

exhibition: Werkloosheid in Nederland nu

Cultures:

Indian (preferred)

Chola

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Shiva [901000021]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Nataraja [901002467]
	.....((Shiva, Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	dance (performing arts genre) [300054144]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for performing arts>) (AAT)

	destruction (process) [300053087]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>) (AAT)

	flames [300009910]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, natural element motifs) (AAT)

Outside Iconography:

	Code: 12H13(SHIVA)51 Term:
	.....Source: Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: bruikleen 1972

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... De vierarmige Shiva met wijd uitwaaierende haardos staat op één been in een geheel gebalanceerde danshouding. Omgeven door een ronde vlammenkrans.

Sources and Contributors:
Shiva Nataraja	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-187
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum]

....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Note:
Dutch	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-187