ID: 700007325 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007325	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Hercules Poisoned by the Shirt of Nessus (folio (leaf); Unknown French (French Illuminator); about 1413 - 1415; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 96.MR.17.18v; Ms. 63, fol. 18v)

Note: Grasping a rock in one hand and two trees in the other, the famous hero Hercules writhes in pain as a result of posioned blood. Years before this event, the centaur Nessus intercepted Hercules and his new bride Deianeira and tried to rape her, but Hercules mortally wounded the centaur with a poisoned arrows. Before he died, Nessus told Deianeira to keep the blood from his wound, for anyone wearing a garment rubbed with it would love her forever. When Hercules subsequently fell in love with another woman, Deianeira saw the opportunity to use the magic blood to keep his love. She sent Hercules a garment smeared with Nessus's blood, but the supposed love-charm proved to be a powerful poison.

Titles:

Hercules Poisoned by the Shirt of Nessus (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes (C,U,VL,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

folio (leaf) [300189604] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, leaves (gathered matter))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1413 - 1415

Creator Display:

Unknown French (French Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

illuminator unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

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: 96.MR.17.18v; Ms. 63, fol. 18v

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment

	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)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	gilt paint [300343596]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf: 42 x 29.6 cm (16 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

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

	deaths [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	death [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	Heracles and Nessus [901000827]
	.....((Story of Heracles, Greek narratives, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes

Sources and Contributors:
Hercules Poisoned by the Shirt of Nessus	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 31 March 2014
Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 31 March 2014