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ID: 700006190
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006190
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Two Studies of a Flutist and a Study of the Head of a Boy (preparatory studies; Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 - 1721) (French Artist); about 1716 - 1717; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 88.GB.3)
Titles:
Two Studies of a Flutist and a Study of the Head of a Boy (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Two Studies of a Flutist and One of the Head of a Boy (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
preparatory studies [300081078] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, studies (visual works))
drawing (visual work) [300033973]
..... (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: about 1716 - 1717

Creator Display:
Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 - 1721) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
Watteau (French painter, draftsman, 1684-1721) [500032644]
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: 88.GB.3
Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Red, black, and white chalk on buff-colored paper
chalk [300011727]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)
red chalk [300080064]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, chalk)
black chalk [300080058]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, chalk)
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: 21.4 x 33.6 cm (8 7/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Cultures:
French (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:
human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
musicians [300025666]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the performing arts>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Three inscriptions on back of the frame: Written on a label and affixed to backing: "Miss James No. 335/1891/Head of a Boy and two/flute players/From the Brisart Collection/Engraved in Watteau's Works/88,232/W13" Directly underneath, written on backing: "Parket et Mathey no. 837/ 2 etudes d'un flautiste jouant vu a demi corps et de face; et une de la tete d'un jeune garçon/le flutiste de droite a été utilisé dans l'accord parfait." Upper right, written on backing: "W I/F.dd.C garcon 232 VII 8/flutiste 88-III-3/flutiste"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Two Studies of a Flutist and a Study of the Head of a Boy........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Two Studies of a Flutist and One of the Head of a Boy........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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