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ID: 700002279
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002279
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Boy with a Dragon (sculpture (visual works); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598 - 1680); about 1617; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 87.SA.42)
Note: Created for the palace of Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII. A hole in the dragon's mouth shows that the sculpture was used in a fountain.
Titles:
Boy with a Dragon (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Neptune with Dolphin (H,U,FO,English,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: about 1617

Creator Display:
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598 - 1680) [preferred,JPGM]
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian sculptor, architect, 1598-1680) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500032022]
Bernini, Pietro (Italian sculptor, 1562-1629) [500059188]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 87.SA.42
Other: Creation: Roma [7003138] Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Marble
marble (rock) [300011443]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: Object: H: 55.9 x W: 52 x D: 41.5 cm (22 x 20 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.)
Cultures:
Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Baroque [300021147] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:
religion and mythology (preferred)
animals

Specific Subjects:
Hercules [901000042]
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
dragons [300375726]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)
boy [300247598]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures
Sources and Contributors:
Boy with a Dragon........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Neptune with Dolphin........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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