ID: 700007842 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007842	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Belisarius (painting (visual work); Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard (French, born Italy...; 1797; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2005.10; )

Note: Belisarius, unjustly disgraced and blinded, wanders on a dirt path along a dangerous precipice. The aged general carries his young guide, bitten by a serpent that dangles limply from his bleeding leg. In contrast to the boy's feminized, enervated body, the muscular form of Belisarius, seen from below, rises heroically against the spectacular, atmospheric sunset, his sculptural monumentality creating a powerful outline against the sky. The remote landscape and twilight sky emphasizes the isolation of the general and his page and the injustice of their fate.

Titles:

Belisarius (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

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: 1797

Creator Display:

Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard (French, born Italy, 1770 - 1837) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Gérard, François, Baron (French painter, 1770-1837) [500115453]

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: 2005.10

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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: 91.8 x 72.5 cm (36 1/8 x 28 9/16 in.); Framed [outer dim]: 112.1 x 91.4 x 11.4 cm (44 1/8 x 36 x 4 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Neoclassical [300021477] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	snakes (suborder) [300250870]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Reptilia (class), Squamata (order)) (AAT)

	Belisarius (Byzantine general, ca. 500-565 CE) [500355323]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

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

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

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