ID: 700000132 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000132	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Polyptych with Saint James Major, Madonna and Child, and Saints (polyptych; Bartolomeo Vivarini (Italian, ca. 1432-1499) ; 1490; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 71.PB.30)

Note: Bartolomeo Vivarini's paintings were noted for their use of bright, dissonant colors and figures that resemble sculptures or wood carvings. This polyptych, made for a parish church dedicated to Saint James the Greater in northern Italy, depicts Saint James in the center, holding a pilgrim's staff with the symbolic scallop shell and a book. The themes of martyrdom and pilgrimage are strongly represented in this polyptych. The central saint, Saint John Major, holds a pilgrim's staff and shell, references to a famous pilgrimage site dedicated to him, Santiago de Compostela; pilgrimage sites were also dedicated to several other of the saints depicted.

Titles:

Polyptych with Saint James Major, Madonna and Child, and Saints (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

polyptych [300178235] (preferred)

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

altarpiece [300075940]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: 1490

Creator Display:

Bartolomeo Vivarini (Italian, ca. 1432-1499) [preferred,VP]

painter Vivarini, Bartolomeo (Italian painter and draftsman, active from ca. 1440, died after 1500) [500029396]

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: 71.PB.30

Display Materials: tempera and gold leaf on panel

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(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)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: comprises 10 panels; Framed [outer dim]: 280 × 214.9 cm (110 1/4 × 84 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Madonna and Child [901000052]
	.....((Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	James the Greater, Saint [901000049]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	pilgrimage [300069279]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), journeys) (AAT)

	martyr [300188714]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	saint [300150555]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	Saint Bartholomew Apostle [901001009]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Peter, Saint [901000056]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Catherine of Alexandria, Saint [901000055]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	John the Baptist, Saint [901001056]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Apollonia, Saint [901000053]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Saint Ursula [901000051]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Lucy, Saint [901001253]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Mary Magdalene, Saint [901000161]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Polyptych with Saint James Major, Madonna and Child, and Saints	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 10 February 2004