ID: 700007483 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007483	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Statuette of a Bull (statuette (figurine); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); 100 BCE - CE 79; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 2001.7)

Note: The statuette is of a bull standing solidly on three legs with his left front hoof raised. His head is lifted and turned slightly to the left. Details of the anatomy and musculature are naturalistically modeled. For example, the dewlap is rendered in a series of pliant folds, the horns curve forward above the projecting ears, the eyes bulge and have incised pupils, irises and lashes. The nostrils in the square snout are carved indentations and the poll is a mass of thick, curling locks. The tail curls back onto the right flank of the beast with the tassel of the tail resting against it. The powerful animal is anatomically correct with testicles and incised ridges of sagging flesh framing the underbelly. The bull was found in the ruins of Pompeii sometime between 1780 and 1790. It was most likely made as a votive offering, perhaps to Jupiter, and probably stood in a household shrine (lararium).

Titles:

Statuette of a Bull (preferred,C,U,English-P,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: 100 BCE - CE 79

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: 2001.7

Display Materials: Silver with gilding

	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>)

	gilding (material) [300379350]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Roman (preferred)

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:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	bull (animal) [300250117]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), <mammals by sex or age>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Statuette of a Bull	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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