ID: 700006495 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006495	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Fresco Fragment with Nilotic Landscape (fresco (painting); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); about 70; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 72.AG.86)

Note: Painted on the fragment is a scene of the annual flooding of the Nile. A crocodile in the foreground moves through a stand of rushes toward a boat or raft being maneuvered by a pygmy. There is a palm tree and small thatched hut at the right. In the background there is illusionistic architecture that includes a temple, a colonnaded portico and a bridge with a tower. There are the remains of a red border at the top and bottom of the fragment, and an additional, darker stripe along the bottom edge may have been the frame of another scene below.

Titles:

Fresco Fragment with Nilotic Landscape (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Fresco (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

fresco (painting) [300177433] (preferred)

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

fragment (object portion) [300117130]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by general context>, object portions (components by general context))

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 70

Creator Display:

Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 72.AG.86

Other: Creation: Italia [7030349] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera on plaster (fresco)

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	plaster (composite coating) [300014922]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 45.7 x W: 38 x D: 3.8 cm (18 x 14 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Ancient Roman (preferred)

Roman

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Flooding of the Nile (holiday) [300404035]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, holidays, religious holidays, <holidays of ancient religions>) (AAT)

	alligator [300252286]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Reptilia (class), Crocodilia (order), Alligatoridae (family)) (AAT)

	river [300008707]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), bodies of freshwater, <bodies of freshwater by biome>, riverine bodies of water) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Fresco Fragment with Nilotic Landscape	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Fresco	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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