ID: 700006895 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006895	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Head from the Statue of the Young Bacchus (sculpture (visual works); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); first half of 1st century; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 96.AB.52)

Note: The god is shown as a beardless adolescent with an oval face. His longish wavy hair, parted in the center, is encircled by an ivy wreath twisted from two strands, with leaves and bunches of berries. The silvered whites of his eyes have deeply cut circular cavities with pinholes at the back for fixing inlaid stone or glass irises. The eyebrows are incised with feathery strokes.

Titles:

Head from the Statue of the Young Bacchus (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Head of a Young Bacchus (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>)

statuette (figurine) [300047455]

..... (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: first half of 1st century

Creator Display:

Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

sculptor 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: 96.AB.52

Other: Creation: Roman Empire [7030347] World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Bronze with silver

	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)

	silver (metal) [300011029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Roman (preferred)

Ancient 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:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Dionysos [901001029]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	youth (people) [300025944]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by age group>) (AAT)

	head (representation) [300262520]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Head from the Statue of the Young Bacchus	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 25 February 2014
Head of a Young Bacchus	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 25 February 2014