ID: 700008166 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008166	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Head of a Man (drawing (visual work); Friedrich Overbeck (German painter, 1789 - 1869); about 1820 - 1825; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2009.11)

Note: Precisely executed, the proposed sheet is a superlative example of Overbeck's draftsmanship in his preferred medium of black chalk. The drawing dates to Overbeck's Roman period when the Nazarene artist was deeply engrossed in a study of Italian religious art of the 14th and 15th centuries. The prominent contour lines and regular disposition of hatching together with a high degree of abstraction and strong simplification of individual likeness is typical of Overbeck's distillation of the Italianate style, and stylistic comparisons can be found in his Portrait of a Youth in Dresden and Portrait of Marchese Massimi in Berlin. Overbeck appears to have made this drawing as a study of expression, and the focused gaze of the man and slightly open mouth convey a sense of astonishment. As such the proposed sheet was mostly likely made in preparation of a painting much like the artist's Head of a Young Woman and Head of an Old Woman in Berlin.

Titles:

Head of a Man (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Head of a Man to the Left (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>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1820 - 1825

Creator Display:

Friedrich Overbeck (German painter, 1789 - 1869) [preferred,JPGM]

painter Overbeck, Johann Friedrich (German painter, 1789-1869) [500019620]

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: 2009.11

Other: Creation: Deutschland [7000084] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Graphite on brownish paper

	graphite (mineral) [300011098]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 22 x 16.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

German (preferred)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	man (male human) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	head (representation) [300262520]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscribed on the verso: 6042/AZ and 752 a

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Head of a Man	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 25 February 2014
Head of a Man to the Left	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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