ID: 700007860 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007860	Record Type: Movable Work
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Christ in Majesty (sculpture (visual works); Unknown maker, Limoges School (Artist); probably 1188; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.6)

Note: This impressive figure of Christ was made from a single sheet of copper worked in repoussé, with the addition of engraving and mercury gliding. The crowned Christ is seated, blessing with His right hand and holding the Bible in His left hand. His down-turned feet rest on a small rectangular plaque with a pattern of foliate vine ornament in champlevé enamel. The dominant color of the enamel is blue; smaller areas are in white, turquoise, green, red and dark blue enamel. He wears an undergarment, a tunic and a mantle, which is draped over His left shoulder and across His lap. The borders of the tunic and the book cover are decorated with cabochons, table-cut gems and are engraved with circle, quatrilobe and crosshatched decoration. The crown, partly destroyed, also had cabochons inserts, which are now lost. His eyes are inset pearls of dark blue, certainly made from glass. The face has delicately chiseled features and is framed with long hair, which is finely engraved, as is his short beard. The figure of Christ would have been surrounded by a mandorla and the symbols of the four Evangelists, according to the iconographical program of the Maiestas Domini, or Christ in Majesty. The motif has a long tradition in Christian art, and has been executed in various media; the oldest example is the apse mosaic in Santa Pudenziana, Rome, dating to the beginning of the fifth century. During the Romanesque period the Christ in Majesty motif appears in many tympana reliefs throughout France, as well as on enameled altar frontals and relic caskets of the Limoges workshop.

Titles:

Christ in Majesty (preferred,C,U,English-P,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: probably 1188

Creator Display:

Unknown maker, Limoges School (Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

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: 2007.6

Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Engraved and gilt copper, champleve enamel, and colored glass

	copper (metal) [300011020]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>)

	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)

	engraving (action) [300053829]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>)

	champlevé [300053777]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, coating (process), enameling)

	enamel (fused coating) [300014910]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

	colored glass [300380332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, glass (material), <glass by technique>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 45.4 cm (17 7/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Christ in Majesty [901001149]
	.....((Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Christ in Majesty	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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