ID: 700007453 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007453	Record Type: Movable Work
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Portrait of Joseph (1741-1786) and his Brother John Gulston (1750-1764) (pastel (visual work); Francis Cotes (British, 1726 - 1770) (British Artist); 1754; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 99.PC.33)

Note: In this double portrait, the brothers Joseph and John Gulston are shown in half length and in close-up view standing before a wooded landscape prospect. The elder Joseph (age 13) is clothed in historicizing, seventeenth-century "Van Dyck" costume. His younger brother John (age 4) wears a contemporary dress, traditional for boys until they reached four years of age. John holds a wicker basket filled with colorful summer blossoms. In the portrait of Joseph and John Gulston Francis Cotes captures his sitters with disarming directness. Joseph bears himself gracefully and engages the viewer with his gaze, yet he still retains the fragile self-reserve typical of an older boy. However, his brother John, caught in three-quarter view, moves and smiles with the unselfconscious spontaneity of any four-year old. The contrast between the two boys' ages, clothing and actions indicates that the subject is more than a likeness of two children, but rather a commentary on the passage of childhood.

Titles:

Portrait of Joseph (1741-1786) and his Brother John Gulston (1750-1764) (preferred,C,U,English-P,,)

Portrait of Joseph and his Brother John Gulston (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

pastel (visual work) [300076922] (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: 1754

Creator Display:

Francis Cotes (British, 1726 - 1770) (British Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

pastelist Cotes, Francis (English portraitist, 1726-1770) [500115400]

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.PC.33

Display Materials: Pastel on blue paper; in original gilt wood, "Carlo", frame

	pastels (crayons) [300122621]
	.......(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>, crayons (drawing material))

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	gilding (technique) [300053789]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, metallizing)

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	Maratta frames [300190127]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, frames (protective furnishings), <frames by form>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 67.3 x 82.6 cm (26 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.); Framed: 83.8 x 99.4 x 6 cm (33 x 39 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

English (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Rococo [300021155] (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:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Gulston, John (British, subject of portrait, active 18th century) [500355272]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Gulston, Joseph (English collector and connoisseur, 1744/1745-1786) [500355273]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	double portrait [300254374]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits, group portraits) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of Joseph (1741-1786) and his Brother John Gulston (1750-1764)	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Portrait of Joseph and his Brother John Gulston	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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