ID: 700006217 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006217	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Massacre of the Innocents (drawing (visual work); Amico Aspertini (painter, sculptor, and illuminator, born 14...; ca. 1510-1520; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 97.GB.49)

Note: The subject, also referred to as "The Slaughter of the Innocents," depicts the brutal slaying of all the sons born to Jewish women at the time of Jesus' birth. For this drawing, Amico Aspertini borrowed from the ancient Roman sculpture that he had seen in Rome five or ten years before. The intertwining figures at right parallel those on ancient Roman sarcophagi. Aspertini's art also included unidealized shapes and awkward bodies. Original and unconventional for the date, his figures look like local peasants rather than ideal types. Aspertini's draftsmanship characteristically included encrusted white highlights, squat figures, and manic energy.

Titles:

Massacre of the Innocents (preferred,C,U,RP,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 (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1510-1520

Creator Display:

Amico Aspertini (painter, sculptor, and illuminator, born 1474 or 1475, died 1552) [preferred,JPGM]

draftsman Aspertini, Amico (Italian painter, sculptor, and illuminator, born 1474 or 1475, died 1552) [500022951]

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: 97.GB.49

Other: Creation: Italia [1000080] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Red and black chalk, with traces of brown ink, heightened with white heightening

	red chalk [300080064]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, chalk)

	black chalk [300080058]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, chalk)

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

	heightening [300053418]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <perspective and shading techniques>)

Dimensions: 27.9 x 42.7 cm (11 x 16 13/16 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Massacre of the Innocents [901001050]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	nude (representation) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscribed upper center "14" and lower center "843 / J.C. Robinson / 1863 / .16"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Massacre of the Innocents	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	..... Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-) accessed 14 February 2014