ID: 700007725 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007725	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Convalescent (painting (visual work); Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834 - 1917); about 1872 - January 1887; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2002.57)

Note: Degas depicts an unidentified woman (perhaps one of his New Orleans cousins) in a state of physical and emotional lassitude. The pose, notably the tilted head supported by the back of her left hand, invokes traditional representations of melancholy. The woman's unfocused gaze, red-rimmed eyes and affectless facial expression, coupled with the limp right arm hanging at her side, further suggest illness, enervation or sadness. Indeed, the descriptive titles applied during Degas's lifetime, "La Malade" or "La Convalescente," inflect our understanding of the picture.

Titles:

The Convalescent (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Invalid (La Malade) (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1872 - January 1887

Creator Display:

Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834 - 1917) [preferred,JPGM]

painter Degas, Edgar (French painter and sculptor, 1834-1917) [500115194]

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: 2002.57

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 65.7 x 49.8 cm (25 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.); Framed: 89.5 x 73.3 x 3.5 cm (35 1/4 x 28 7/8 x 1 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	melancholy [300055166]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts, emotion, negative emotions) (AAT)

	portrait [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The Convalescent	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Invalid (La Malade)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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