ID: 700006215 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006215	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (recto); Amorous Putti at Play; Head of a Bird (verso) (preparatory studies; Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475 - 1564) (Italian Arti...; about 1530; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 93.GB.51)

Note: The subject of the recto is the legendary meeting of the Holy Family with the infant Baptist on their journey back from Egypt. The technique of the drawing is unusually complex; Michelangelo began with the stylus, indenting the outlines of the figures and the fall of their drapery. Then he used the red chalk to define the central group with the Virgin, saint John the Baptist and the Christ child. With a soft grey-black chalk, he draw the Holy Family, the angels and the donkey. After, in order to strengthen the central group he used the pen and ink, and subsequently scratched out many pen lines to obtain the white paper underneath. In the final stage, he added some oiled black chalk on the chin and neck of the Virgin, and on the legs and groin of the Christ child.The purpose of this elaborate drawing is not known; it has always been dated after 1530.On the verso, a group of playing putti are quickly sketched, and a quotation from the poet Petrarch (1304-1374), "Tempo verrà ancor" (time will come again), is inscribed in pen and ink.

Titles:

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (recto); Amorous Putti at Play; Head of a Bird (verso) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (The Rest on the Flight into Egypt) (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 1530

Creator Display:

Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475 - 1564) (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

draftsman Buonarroti, Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, painter, architect, 1475-1564) [500010654]

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: 93.GB.51

Other: Creation: Italia [1000080] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Black and red chalk with pen and brown ink over stylus (recto); Pen and black and brown ink (verso)

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

	red chalk [300080064]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, chalk)

	pens (drawing and writing implements) [300022452]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

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

	styluses (writing equipment) [300022483]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

Dimensions: 27.9 x 39.4 cm (11 x 15 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (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)

Specific Subjects:

	Holy Family [901001175]
	.....((Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	angels (spirits) [300379004]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings)) (AAT)

	donkeys [300265959]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus), Equus asinus (species)) (AAT)

	Flight into Egypt [901000391]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Mary, Blessed Virgin [901000032]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	John the Baptist, Saint [901001056]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Saint Joseph [901000953]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: "Tempo verra ancor" (verso), in pen and ink

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (recto); Amorous Putti at Play; Head of a Bird (verso)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (The Rest on the Flight into Egypt)	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)