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ID: 700006502
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006502
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Portrait of a Man (sculpture (visual works); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); 1st century BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 73.AB.8)
Note: This portrait was once part of a full-size statue. The hair is short, thick and coarsely worked. He has a prominent brow and a straight, well-formed nose. His lips are parted slightly. The eyes were once inset and the lips originally had copper inlay. The head is in good condition, and is preserved from the neck.
Titles:
Portrait of a Man (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
Head of a Man (C,U,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: 1st century BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
artist unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 73.AB.8
Other: Creation: Asia Minor [7002294] Turkey (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)

Dimensions: Object: H: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.)
Cultures:
Ancient Roman (preferred)
Roman

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Imperial (Roman) [300020541] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period))

General Subject:
portraits (preferred)
human figures

Specific Subjects:
portrait [300015637]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
man (male human) [300025928]
.....(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:
Portrait of a Man........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Head of a Man........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP,JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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