ID: 700006662 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006662	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Statue of a Muse (statue; Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); about 200; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 94.AA.22)

Note: This Muse is Polyhymnia, the Muse of mime. This Muse is represented as a young woman, standing in profile to the right. She leans forward slightly to rest her left arm on a rocky support, while her right hand is raised toward her chin in a pensive gesture. She wears a long robe (her sandaled right foot is just visible at its border) with an overmantle, the folds of which curve around her back and buttocks, enfolding her raised right arm and ending in a graceful fall over her shoulder. Her hair is drawn back in a ponytail, indicated by deeply carved loose curls. The statue is set on a low oval plinth with a concave profile. The quality of the carving, the scale of the figure, and the high surface polish suggest that the statue was carved at Aphrodisias, a leading sculptural center in Roman Asia Minor.

Titles:

Statue of a Muse (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Muse (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statue [300047600] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: about 200

Creator Display:

Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

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: 94.AA.22

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: 97 x W: 30.5 x D: 22.9 cm (38 3/16 x 12 x 9 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:

allegory (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Polyhymnia [901000699]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Statue of a Muse	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Muse	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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