ID: 700002154	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Alchemist (painting (visual work); Cornelis Bega (Dutch, 1631 or 1632 - 1664) (Dutch Artist); 1663; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.PB.56)

Note: Genre scene is a comment on time wasted on materialistic and futile pursuits.

Titles:

The Alchemist (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Der Alchemist (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 (Guide Term)>, <visual works by medium or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1663

Creator Display:

Cornelis Bega (Dutch, 1631 or 1632 - 1664) (Dutch Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Bega, Cornelis (Dutch painter and draftsman, born 1631 or 1632, died 1664) [500118926]

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: 84.PB.56

Other: Former: Europe [1000003] World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oil on panel

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	panels (wood) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by origin>, <biological material>, plant material, <wood and wood products>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 36.2 x 32.2 cm (14 1/4 x 12 11/16 in.); Framed: 49.5 x 45.7 x 6.7 cm (19 1/2 x 18 x 2 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

Dutch (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Baroque [300021147] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods, <styles and periods by region>, European, <European styles and periods>, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

genre (preferred )

allegory

Specific Subjects:

	alchemist [300236020]
	.....(Agents Facet, People, people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the occult sciences>) (AAT)

	materialism (cultural attitude) [300055793]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts, <culture and related concepts>, <culture-related concepts>, <cultural movements and attitudes>) (AAT)

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

Provenance: Louis-César de La Baume Le Blanc, duc de La Vallière, - 1780 Estate of Louis-César de La Baume Le Blanc, duc de La Vallière, 1780 - 1781 Jacques Langlier, 1781 - Frederick Augustus, duke of York, - 1827 Norton, 1827 - John Charles William Sawbridge-Erle-Drax, - 1935 Davey, 1935 - Sir William Jackson Pope, after 1935 - 1939 Fisher Scientific Company, by 1966 H. Shickman Gallery, - 1984

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

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

Sources and Contributors:
The Alchemist	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Der Alchemist	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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