ID: 700008340 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008340	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Painter in His Studio (painting (visual work); Pietro Longhi (Italian painter and draftsman, 1701 - 1785) ; about 1741 - 1744; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2011.20)

Note: The composition depicts a painter, possibly the artist himself, at work on the oval portrait of a noblewoman on an easel. The sumptuously attired sitter is accompanied by her husband, or perhaps a protector or admirer, who appears considerably less alert and attentive to the proceedings than her small lapdog. Over this richly brocaded gold coat, the gentleman wears the traditional Venetian carnival costume known as the "bautta", consisting of a black tricorn hat, a mask (made of waxed white cloth) called the "volto", a veil, and a cloak.With intense concentration, the painter prepares to refine a passage under the left eye of the young lady's likeness. He clutches his palette and a mahlstick in his left hand. Scattered around the studio are the tools and accoutrements of his trade - a footstool with a bowl and rag for cleaning brushes, several glass flasks, an album, and a plaster cast of a head (perhaps after an ancient sculpture) sitting on a shelf in a niche at the back - as well as, less expectedly, a violoncello tucked into a corner of the room.

Titles:

The Painter in His Studio (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Artist in the Studio (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 1741 - 1744

Creator Display:

Pietro Longhi (Italian painter and draftsman, 1701 - 1785) [preferred,JPGM]

painter Longhi, Pietro (Venetian painter and draftsman, ca. 1701-1785) [500023454]

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: 2011.20

Credit Line: Purchased in part with funds realized from the sale of paintings donated by Burton Fredericksen and William Garred.

Other: Creation: Italia [1000080] 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: 41 x 53.3 cm (16 1/8 x 21 in.); Framed [outer dim]: 48.3 x 60.6 cm (19 x 23 7/8 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

genre (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	artist (visual artist) [300025103]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the visual arts and related occupations>, <people in the visual arts>) (AAT)

	painting (image-making) [300054216]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>) (AAT)

	reality [300379727]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts) (AAT)

	sitter [300189844]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>, models (people)) (AAT)

	studio (work space) [300007725]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by function>, <work and instructional spaces>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The Painter in His Studio	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Artist in the Studio	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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