ID: 700002199 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002199	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Eternal Feminine (L'Éternel Féminin) (painting (visual work); Paul Cézanne (French, 1839 - 1906) (French Artist); about 1877; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 87.PA.79;)

Note: The meaning of this enigmatic painting is unclear, and it has been known by several titles. This woman is confronted by devotees from different arts and occupations, among them a mitered bishop.

Titles:

The Eternal Feminine (L'Éternel Féminin) (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

The Eternal Feminine (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1877

Creator Display:

Paul Cézanne (French, 1839 - 1906) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Cézanne, Paul (French painter and draftsman, 1839-1906) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500004793]

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: 87.PA.79

Other: Creation: France [1000070] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 43.2 x 53 cm (17 x 20 7/8 in.); Framed: 65.4 x 75.6 x 5.7 cm (25 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Post-Impressionist [300021508] (preferred,style)
	.....(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)

allegory

Specific Subjects:

	nudes (representations) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	Delacroix, Eugène (French painter, 1798-1863) [500115509]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The Eternal Feminine (L'Éternel Féminin)	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Eternal Feminine	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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