ID: 700008454 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008454	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Behold the Child (sculpture (visual works); Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor, 1858-1928; 1906; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1990.304)

Note: Rosso's last sculpture was produced in 1906 in London. It is a commissioned portrait of Alfred William Mond, a British boy of about five or six years old. It is meant to be seen from a fixed vantage point, rather than in the round. Rosso eventually cast multiple versions of this work in various media. Rosso's style has been called Impressionist because light and air dematerialize form. However, unlike the Impressionist painters who recorded visual sensations directly from nature, Rosso's images are a synthesis of memory and emotion. Ecce Puer, for example, was produced after only a brief glimpse of the boy peeking through a parted curtain. Working through the night, the artist completed a seemingly "unfinished" head that captures the transitory moment. It is meant to be seen from a fixed vantage point, rather than in the round. Upon it's completion, Rosso described the head as "a vision of purity in a banal world."

Titles:

Behold the Child (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Ecce Puer (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1906

Creator Display:

Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor, 1858-1928 [preferred,VP]

sculptor Rosso, Medardo (Italian sculptor, 1858-1928) [500020447]

Locations:

Other: Creation: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1990.304

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Loria, 1990

Display Materials: Bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	casting (process) [300053104]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

Dimensions: H. 17, W. 14, D. 10 inches (43.2 x 35.6 x 25.4 cm.)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Post-Impressionist [300021508] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred,identification)

Specific Subjects:

	child (people by age group) [300025945]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by age group>, youth (people)) (AAT)

	head (animal or human component) [300375054]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components) (AAT)

	face (animal component) [300251798]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components) (AAT)

Related Works:

	based on same design .... Ecce Puer [700008453]
	..........sculpture (visual works); Medardo Rosso, (Italian sculptor, 1858-1928); 1906-1907; Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia count...; 1969-80-1

	based on same design .... Ecce Puer [700008455]
	..........bust (figure); Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor, 1858-1928; 1906; National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Behold the Child	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) 1990.304
Ecce Puer	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) 1990.304

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) 1990.304