ID: 700007809 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007809	Record Type: Movable Work
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Grotto of Sarrazine near Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne (painting (visual work); Gustave Courbet (French, 1819 - 1877) (French Artist); about 1864; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2004.47)

Note: This small, powerful painting represents a close-up view of Sarrazine grotto, a geological site and tourist attraction in Courbet's native region, the Franche-Comté (between Besançon and Geneva). Courbet explores and describes the craggy, elemental, time worn surfaces of the grotto, which is situated near the Lison, a tributary of the Loue river. The innovative composition envelops the viewer as the cave recedes deep into space and its walls extend far beyond the picture's edges. The black void and concentric arcs that form the curving walls and ceiling pull the viewer in to this vortex-like composition. Using his palette knife, Courbet creates a painterly mosaic consisting of chalky whites, earthy browns, pellucid blues, lichenous and mossy greens. A delicate wooden scaffold limns the back right wall, suggesting the human presence. Along the small stream of water, two large boulders propose a resting place. While the grotto motif is unusual in French landscape painting, caves, rivers, and related natual phenomena were central to Courbet's practice in the 1860s.

Titles:

Grotto of Sarrazine near Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

La Grotte Sarrazine près de Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne (C,U,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 1864

Creator Display:

Gustave Courbet (French, 1819 - 1877) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Courbet, Gustave (French painter and designer, 1819-1877) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500010927]

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: 2004.47

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: 50.2 x 60 cm (19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.); Framed [outer dim]: 67.9 x 77.5 x 6 x 9.8 cm (26 3/4 x 30 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

natural objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	cave [300008746]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)

	landscape (environment) [300008626]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Grotto of Sarrazine near Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
La Grotte Sarrazine près de Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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