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ID: 700006907
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006907
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Statuette of a Ruler or Divinity (statuette (figurine); Unknown Greek (Late Hellenistic) (Greek (Late Hellenistic) A...; 125 - 1 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 96.AB.153)
Note: Depicted is a muscular youth who stands with his right hand on his hip, his left raised to hold the shaft of a now-missing lance or long scepter. He has a piece of drapery looped over his left shoulder. He stands with his weight on his straight left leg, with his right knee slightly bent, allowing his hips to sway to the left. He glances off over his right shoulder. His features and pose recall earlier statues of Alexander the Great created by Lysippos. Creation Location: Italy (?).
Titles:
Statuette of a Ruler or Divinity (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)
Statuette of a Ruler Resembling Alexander (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
statuette (figurine) [300047455] (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: 125 - 1 BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown Greek (Late Hellenistic) (Greek (Late Hellenistic) Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
unknown Late Hellenistic (Late Hellenistic cultural designation) [500354923]
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.153
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman
Other: Creation: Italia [7030349] Roman Republic and Empire (former nation/state/empire), 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: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Cultures:
Ancient Greek (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Hellenistic [300020101] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:
human figures (preferred)
allegory

Specific Subjects:
man (male human) [300025928]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
youth (people) [300025944]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by age group>) (AAT)
Divinity [901001085]
.....((Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)
Alexander the Great (Macedonian king, 356-323 BCE) [500280655]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures
Sources and Contributors:
Statuette of a Ruler or Divinity........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Statuette of a Ruler Resembling Alexander........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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