ID: 700002045 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002045	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Study of a Male Figure (Empedocles and/or Saint Roch) (drawing (visual work); Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo di Gasparre) (...; about 1538 - 1540; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 83.GB.261)

Note: This study of a male figure has iconographical attributes of both the Greek philosopher/astronomer Empedocles and of Saint Roch.

Titles:

Study of a Male Figure (Empedocles and/or Saint Roch) (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Study of a Male Figure (C,U,English,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>)

study (visual work) [300081053]

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

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1538 - 1540

Creator Display:

Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo di Gasparre) (Italian, 1495 - 1540) (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Rosso Fiorentino (Italian draftsman and painter, 1494-1540, active in France) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500014451]

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: 83.GB.261

Other: Former: France [1000070] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Red chalk with traces of black chalk; outlines indented with a stylus for transfer

	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)

	transferring [300053736]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <transferring and transferring techniques>)

	styluses (writing equipment) [300022483]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

Dimensions: 25.1 x 14.8 cm (9 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style) [300021144] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance-Baroque styles)

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

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Empedocles (Greek philosopher, ca. 490-430 BCE) [500212584]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Roch, Saint (French saint, ca. 1350-1378/1379) [500354631]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: At bottom left, inscribed "Rosso" in red chalk (barely legible).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Study of a Male Figure (Empedocles and/or Saint Roch)	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Study of a Male Figure	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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