ID: 700007808 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007808	Record Type: Movable Work
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Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page (painting (visual work); Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, about 1487 - 1576) (Ital...; probably January - February 15...; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2003.486)

Note: Alfonso d'Avalos (1502-1546), born of an illustrious Spanish-Neapolitan family, served as captain general in the Imperial army of Charles V, playing a key role in crucial campaigns against the French. In 1532, he was honored with the Order of the Golden Fleece, and was subsequently appointed governor of Milan and commander general of the Emperor's forces in Italy. One of the most cultivated grandees of his age, Avalos and his wife, Maria of Aragon, niece of King Ferdinand of Naples, maintained a sumptuous court that patronized artists and writers, including Titian and Pietro Aretino.In Titian's formal, 3/4-length portrait, Avalos is encased in an elaborate and beautifully wrought suit of armor befitting the imperial condottiere (the Golden Fleece hanging proudly from his neck). The artist, however, has endowed this warrior with the pensive seriousness of a contemplative man; the active and meditative modes, essential polarities for the Renaissance, are thus combined here to ennoble the sitter. Suggesting the transitory quality of the moment, a page hands him his helmet as if he were about to return to his military duties.

Titles:

Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: probably January - February 1533

Creator Display:

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, about 1487 - 1576) (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

painter Titian (Venetian painter, ca. 1488-1576) [500031075]

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: 2003.486

Other: Creation: Bologna [7003127] Emilia-Romagna (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 110 x 80 cm (43 5/16 x 31 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	commanding officer (chief officer) [300236474]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>, military officers) (AAT)

	D'Avalos, Alfonso (Italian officer and noble, 1504-1546) [500355305]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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