ID: 700006180 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006180	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Embracing Couple (Mercury and Lara?) (drawing (visual work); Jan Harmensz. Muller (Dutch, 1571 - 1628) (Dutch Artist); 1588 - about 1594; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 86.GG.595)

Titles:

Embracing Couple (Mercury and Lara?) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Embracing Couple (Possibly Mercury and Lara) (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1588 - about 1594

Creator Display:

Jan Harmensz. Muller (Dutch, 1571 - 1628) (Dutch Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Muller, Jan Harmensz (Dutch printmaker, 1571-1628) [500015311]

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: 86.GG.595

Display Materials: Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on light brown paper

	black chalk [300080058]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, chalk)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	wash (material) [300011051]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	brushes (implements) [300024760]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, <surface working and finishing equipment>, <surface working and finishing tools and accessories>)

	heightening [300053418]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <perspective and shading techniques>)

	gouache (paint) [300070114]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 18.7 x 21.7 cm (7 3/8 x 8 9/16 in.)

Cultures:

Dutch (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style) [300021144] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance-Baroque styles)

General Subject:

genre (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	eroticism [300249821]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts) (AAT)

	Mercurius [901001345]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Lara [901000690]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	nude (representation) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: At bottom, inscribed "145" in light brown ink.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Embracing Couple (Mercury and Lara?)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Embracing Couple (Possibly Mercury and Lara)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]