ID: 700002279 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002279	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Boy with a Dragon (sculpture (visual works); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598 - 1680); about 1617; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 87.SA.42)

Note: Created for the palace of Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII. A hole in the dragon's mouth shows that the sculpture was used in a fountain.

Titles:

Boy with a Dragon (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Neptune with Dolphin (H,U,FO,English,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: about 1617

Creator Display:

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598 - 1680) [preferred,JPGM]

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian sculptor, architect, 1598-1680) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500032022]

Bernini, Pietro (Italian sculptor, 1562-1629) [500059188]

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.SA.42

Other: Creation: Roma [7003138] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: Object: H: 55.9 x W: 52 x D: 41.5 cm (22 x 20 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Baroque [300021147] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

animals

Specific Subjects:

	Hercules [901000042]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	dragons [300375726]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

	boy [300247598]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Boy with a Dragon	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Neptune with Dolphin	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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