ID: 700007446 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007446	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Sacrifice at Lystra (drawing (visual work); Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Flemish artist, 1502 - 1550); about 1529 - 1530; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 99.GA.7)

Note: The subject is taken from the 14th Chapter of the book of Acts. Paul and Barnabas preach the gospel in the city of Lystra. Among the listeners was a man cripple from birth, whom Paul healed (probably the vignette taking place at the far right of the drawing). Awe struck, the people began to worship them as pagan gods, calling Barnabas Jupiter and Paul Mercury (as stated in the drawing's inscription) because of his eloquence. The priest of Jupiter brought oxen and garlands to his temple in order to make sacrifices, but when Paul and Barnabas saw what was transpiring, they tore their cloths in fury and frustration. The focal point of the drawing is a magnificent columned temple housing a statue of Jupiter. Below, the priest and followers converge upon an ornately carved altar with sacrificial animals. At the right, Paul with an anguished expression strides towards them as he tears his robe, while Barnabas rushes dramatically to the right, with his arms outstretched in anger. The vignette to the left shows the ensuing event, when the people became inflamed against the apostles, stoning Paul and dragging him outside the city, supposing him to be dead.

Titles:

The Sacrifice at Lystra (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (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 1529 - 1530

Creator Display:

Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Flemish artist, 1502 - 1550) [preferred,JPGM]

draftsman Coecke van Aelst, Pieter, the elder (Flemish artist, architect, and author, 1502-1550) [500115332]

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: 99.GA.7

Display Materials: Pen and brown ink and brown wash with white gouache heightening

	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>)

	wash (material) [300011051]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	heightening [300053418]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <perspective and shading techniques>)

	gouache (paint) [300070114]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

Dimensions: 27.9 x 45.7 cm (11 x 18 in.)

Cultures:

Flemish (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:

	Barnabas, Saint [901001249]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	sacrifice (religious ceremony) [300263243]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, religious ceremonies) (AAT)

	oxen [300250282]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Bovidae (family), cattle) (AAT)

	Lystra [6003585]
	.....(Konya (province), Turkey (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: A contemporary inscription at the bottom in brown ink: lijstcenses volunt sacrificare Paulo ac barnabe; Paulo quidem/ut mercurio, barnabae vero ut jovi, etc. Paulus ab eisdem/lapidatur atq. Velut mortuus extra civitate protrabitur.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The Sacrifice at Lystra	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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