ID: 700002139 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002139	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven Years of Age (drawing (visual work); Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702 - 1789) (Swiss Artist); 1755 - 1756; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 83.PC.273;)

Note: Liotard exhibited remarkable skill in the difficult medium of pastels, which he preferred when creating portraits of children. Surfaces, textures, and volume are described with subtle gradations of color. At the time he was working on this picture, portraits of children were becoming very popular in Western Europe.

Titles:

Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven Years of Age (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Baroness Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone, at Age Seven (C,U,RD,undetermined,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>)

pastels (visual works) [300076922]

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

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

European art

paintings

Creation Date: 1755 - 1756

Creator Display:

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702 - 1789) (Swiss Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

pastelist Liotard, Jean-Étienne (Swiss painter, 1702-1789) [500003329]

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: 83.PC.273

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.PC.273

Other: Former: Holland [1003759] Netherlands (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Pastel on vellum

	pastels (crayons) [300122621]
	.......(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>, crayons (drawing material))

	stumping [300053412]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <drawing and drawing techniques>, drawing techniques)

	pastels (crayons) [300122621]
	.......(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>, crayons (drawing material))

	vellum (parchment) [300011852]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material, parchment (animal material))

Dimensions: Unframed: 57.2 x 47 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.); Framed [outer dim] (Orginial / Display): 59.7 x 49.2 x 3.2 x 5.1 cm (23 1/2 x 19 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 2 in.)

Cultures:

Swiss (preferred)

European

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Rococo [300021155] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

	European [300020656] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Reede-Athlone, Maria Frederike van (Dutch countess, 1748-1807) [500312914]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	single-sitter portrait [300404138]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

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

	Canis familiaris (species) [300250130]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Canidae (family), Canis (genus)) (AAT)

	girls [300247581]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven Years of Age	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Baroness Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone, at Age Seven	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

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

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