ID: 700008129 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008129	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Allegory of Painting and Drawing (drawing (visual work); Gerard van Nijmegen (Dutch, 1735 - 1808) (Dutch Artist); 1801; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2008.31)

Note: The proposed sheet is a charming bucolic depiction of a shepherd couple resting on a wall in a wooded forest. According to the artist's inscription on the verso, the shepherdess, refrained from speaking by a cloth tied around her mouth, represents the silent art of painting. She crowns her male counterpart the discoverer of Drawing. To clarify his allegory, van Nijmegen placed the attributes of Painting, brushes and a palette, beside the shepherdess and hung beneath them is a drawing of a female bust. Typical of van Nijmegen, the high-minded allegory is full of charming rustic details found in his cabinet paintings of woodland views-a rushing waterfall, watchful dog, craggy branches, and sleeping sheep. The scene is made all the more picturesque by van Nijmegen's dappled light effects created by delicate application of grey washes.The inscription on wall, Teekeningen van Verscheiden Meesters, indicates the function of the proposed sheet: it was designed as a title page for an album that held drawings by various masters. In the 18th century, Dutch collectors typically organized their drawings thematically, storing them loosely in large, tooled leather albums. Van Nijmegen, who was an amateur artist and passionate connoisseur of drawings himself, designed several title pages for such albums. Others can be found in the Collection Frits Lugt, Paris and the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam. According to J.W. Niemeijer, Director Emeritus of the Rijksprentenkabinet and specialist on 18th century Dutch drawings, the proposed title page was probably made for the Rotterdam Drawings Society, Hierdoor tot Hooger (Through this still Higher), of which van Nijmegen was a member. This elite association of men of leisure held evening gatherings to discuss their collections and enjoy a shared enthusiasm for papier kunst.

Titles:

Allegory of Painting and Drawing (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

A design for a Titlepage of a Herdsman being Honored by the Arts (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

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

allegory (literary genre) [300202507]

..... (Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1801

Creator Display:

Gerard van Nijmegen (Dutch, 1735 - 1808) (Dutch Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Nijmegen, Gerard van (Dutch painter, draftsman, and engraver, 1735-1808) [500011515]

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: 2008.31

Other: Creation: Nederland [7016845] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Pencil, pen and gray and brown ink, and gray wash

	pencils (drawing and writing equipment) [300022439]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

	pens (drawing and writing implements) [300022452]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	wash (material) [300011051]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

Dimensions: 38 x 27.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Cultures:

Dutch (preferred)

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	shepherds [300025617]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in agriculture or natural resource occupations>, <people in agriculture>, herdsmen) (AAT)

	dog (species) [300250130]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Canidae (family), Canis (genus)) (AAT)

	forests (cultural landscapes) [300008863]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), cultural landscapes, <cultural landscapes by location or context>, wilderness) (AAT)

	forest (cultural landscape) [300008863]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), cultural landscapes, <cultural landscapes by location or context>, wilderness) (AAT)

	couple [300379217]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups) (AAT)

	sheep (genus) [300250284]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Bovidae (family)) (AAT)

	waterfall (body of water) [300008736]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), bodies of freshwater, <bodies of freshwater by biome>, riverine bodies of water) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscribed on recto on the wall: Teekeningen/van/Verscheiden Meesters (Drawings of Various Masters) Inscribed, signed and dated on lower verso: Den Schilderkunst, in den gedaanten eener Herderinnen, bekrrond en Herder/als, vinder Van den Teekenkunst.- inv et Fecit, door/Gerard van Nijmegen/1801 (The Art of Painting, in the guise of a shepherdess, crowns a shepherd as the discoverer of Drawing. Invented and made by Gerard van Nijmegen 1801)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Allegory of Painting and Drawing	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
A design for a Titlepage of a Herdsman being Honored by the Arts	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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