ID: 700008839 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008839	Record Type: Movable Work

Le Geste Napolitain (oil painting (visual work); Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French painter); 1757; Worcester Art Museum (Worcester, Worcester county, Massachus...; 1964.113)

Note: The subject of Worcester's painting is typical of Greuze's narrative compositions, intricately conceived and imbued with romantic and sentimental overtones. While the precise meaning of the scene is unclear, there is no doubt that Greuze intended a moralistic message. With a brokenhearted look and a "Neopolitan gesture" of dismissal, the young woman seems to send away the man dressed as a peddler; that his tradesman's costume is a disguise is clear from the cross of nobility he wears. Each figure's face expresses a particular reaction to the moment, including the old woman who tries to intervene and the two children at the lower right, one of whom attempts to restrain the barking dog. A superb draftsman, Greuze incorporated elements of still life such as the peddler's basket of colorful threads and sewing material and the ceramic pot and basket on the plinth at the right.

Titles:

Le Geste Napolitain (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,L,U,French-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (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>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1757

Creator Display:

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French painter) [preferred,VP]

painter Greuze, Jean Baptiste (French painter, 1725-1805) [500000119]

Locations:

Current: Worcester Art Museum (Worcester, Worcester county, Massachusetts, United States) [500311791] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1964.113

Credit Line: Charlotte E. W. Buffington Fund

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: not available

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

genre

Specific Subjects:

	morality [300417426]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), philosophical concepts) (AAT)

	Neapolitan gesture [300417425]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), multidisciplinary concepts, body position, gesture) (AAT)

Related Works:

	study is .... Old Woman with Arms Outstretched (Study for The Neapolitan Gesture) [700007765]
	..........drawing (visual work); Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725 - 1805) (French Artist); 1756; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2003.14

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Le Geste Napolitain	........ [VP]
	........ Worcester Art Museum [online] (2000-) accessed 30 September 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Worcester Art Museum [online] (2000-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Worcester Art Museum [online] (2000-) by J.A.W., accessed 1 February 2018