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ID: 700008297
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008297
Record Type: Movable Work
A Hungarian Prisoner (drawing (visual work); Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (German, 1806 - 1888) (German Arti...; April 29, 1831; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 2010.94)
Note: This sensitive life study combines pictorial effect with linear clarity. Neureuther first drew the contours of the figure in graphite and then applied layers of color with the brush. The artist used backlighting and emphatic shadows to render the three-dimensionality of the shackled prisoner.
Titles:
A Hungarian Prisoner (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: April 29, 1831

Creator Display:
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (German, 1806 - 1888) (German Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
Neureuther, Eugen Napoleon (German lithographer, illustrator, and painter, 1806-1882) [500022744]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 2010.94
Credit Line: Gift of Richard A. Simms in Memory of James N. Wood (1941-2010), President and Chief Executive Officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust 2007-2010
Other: Creation: Magyarország [7006278] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Other: Creation: Deutschland [7000084] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Black ink, watercolor, and graphite
ink [300015012]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)
watercolor (paint) [300015045]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)
graphite (mineral) [300011098]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

Dimensions: 27.6 x 23 cm (10 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Cultures:
German (preferred)

General Subject:
genre (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
prisoner [300025933]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)
unknown Hungarian (Hungarian cultural designation) [500203428]
.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: Dated at left, "Pest den 29 April 1831" On verso a sketch of a young man
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
A Hungarian Prisoner........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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