ID: 700002036	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Paris and Helen (drawing (visual work); Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825) (French Artist); 1786; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 83.GA.192)

Note: As early as 1786, the comte d'Artois, brother to kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, commissioned a painting on this subject from David. In this drawing and others, he developed the composition.

Titles:

Paris and Helen (preferred,C,U,English-P,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 (Guide Term)>, <visual works by medium or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1786

Creator Display:

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

David, Jacques-Louis (French painter and draftsman, 1748-1825) [500115221]

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: 83.GA.192

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

Display Materials: Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash

	pen-and-wash drawings [300266219]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name), Visual Works (Hierarchy Name), <visual works (Guide Term)>, <visual works by medium or technique>, drawings (visual works), <drawings by material or technique>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	wash technique [300182748]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques, <processes and techniques>, <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>)

Dimensions: 18.3 x 22.9 cm (7 3/16 x 9 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

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

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred )

Specific Subjects:

	Paris with Helen
	..... Iconography Candidate

	Trojan War
	..... Iconography Candidate

	lovers [300188621]
	.....(Agents Facet, People, people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

	Cupid
	..... Iconography Candidate

	Paris (mythological figure)
	..... Iconography Candidate

	Helen (mythological figure)
	..... Iconography Candidate

	love [300055165]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts, <social science concepts>, <psychological concepts>, emotion, <positive emotions>) (AAT)

Provenance: Jean-Guillaume Miotte M. Coutan, June 7, 1810 [J.?] Dumont, April 19, 1830 M. Flury-Herard, Februrary 13, 1854 Thomas de Dreux, May 13, 1861 Private Collection, February 4, 1870 Hôtel Drouot, March 22, 1983

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

.......... Movable Work

Sources and Contributors:
Paris and Helen	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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