ID: 700006189 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006189	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Invention of Drawing (recto); Sketch of Lower Leg Bones of Human Skeleton (verso) (drawing (visual work); Joseph-Benoît Suvée (Belgian, 1743 - 1807) (Belgian Ar...; about 1791; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 87.GB.145; )

Titles:

The Invention of Drawing (recto); Sketch of Lower Leg Bones of Human Skeleton (verso) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Invention of Drawing (C,U,DE,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>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1791

Creator Display:

Joseph-Benoît Suvée (Belgian, 1743 - 1807) (Belgian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

draftsman Suvée, Joseph-Benoît (French painter and draftsman of Belgian birth, 1743-1807) [500007933]

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.GB.145

Other: Creation: België [1000063] (Geographic)

Other: Former: France [1000070] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Black and white chalk on brown paper (recto); graphite (verso)

	chalk [300011727]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	black chalk [300080058]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, chalk)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	pencils (drawing and writing equipment) [300022439]
	.......(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: 54.6 x 35.6 cm (21 1/2 x 14 in.)

Cultures:

Belgian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Neoclassical [300021477] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	eroticism [300249821]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: (Recto) inscribed by the artist on attached strip at the bottom, "J. B. SUVÉE. A SON AMI VAN SPAENDONCK MEMBRE DE L'INSTITUT NATIONAL" in graphite.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The Invention of Drawing (recto); Sketch of Lower Leg Bones of Human Skeleton (verso)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Invention of Drawing	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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