ID: 700006571 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006571	Record Type: Movable Work

Miniature Bust (sculpture (visual works); Unknown (Greek Ptolemaic artist); late 3rd century BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 81.AN.76.59)

Note: Garnet carved as a relief bust of the head of a woman, her hair rolled and bound in a fillet, drawn back to a bun, and largely covered by a veil. The subject is probably Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. She died about 222 BCE.

Titles:

Miniature Bust (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Cameo Bust, Probably Berenike II (C,U,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>)

bust (general, figure) [300047457]

..... (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>)

Classifications:

jewelry / ornament (preferred)

Creation Date: late 3rd century BCE

Creator Display:

Unknown (Greek Ptolemaic artist) [preferred,JPGM]

artist unknown Ptolemaic (Ptolemaic cultural designation) [500204100]

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: 81.AN.76.59

Other: Creation: Al Iskandarīyah [7001188] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Rhodolite garnet

	rhodolite [300380137]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, garnet (mineral))

	relief (sculpture techniques) [300053622]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <object-making processes and techniques>, sculpting, sculpture techniques)

Dimensions: Object: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)

Cultures:

Ancient Greek (preferred)

Ptolemaic

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Berenice, Queen consort of Ptolemy III (Ancient Egyptian queen, ca. 269-221 BCE) [500354968]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Miniature Bust	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Cameo Bust, Probably Berenike II	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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