ID: 700006505 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006505	Record Type: Movable Work

Head of Venus (sculpture (visual works); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); about 100 CE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 73.AB.24)

Note: Preserved is a head from a statuette of Venus. Her head is slightly tilted to the right. She wears a diadem and her wavy hair is parted in the middle and gathered into a knot at the back of her head. She has a smooth, oval face. Her eyes are large and round with incised pupils. She has a small mouth and her delicate lips are partially opened. Both of her ears were drilled to wear earrings; one of the gold and pearl earrings survives.

Titles:

Head of Venus (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

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 100 CE

Creator Display:

Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

sculptor 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: 73.AB.24

Other: Creation: Roman Empire [7030347] (Geographic)

Display Materials: bronze and gold

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	gold (metal) [300011021]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <gold and gold alloy>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

Ancient Roman (preferred)

Roman

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Aphrodite [901000612]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Venus [901001064]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	head (representation) [300262520]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Head of Venus	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 24 February 2014

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 24 February 2014