The Getty Research Institute
Research Home Tools Cutural Objects Names Authority Iconography
Cultural Objects Names Authority  Cultural Objects Names Authority® Iconography Display
New Search Previous Page Help
ID: 901002570
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002570
Record Type: Character/Person

Colapesce (Neapolitan character)

Note: Famous but legendary Neopolitan figure who allowed himself to be swallowed by a fish in order to travel; originated during the Middle Ages in South Italy; said to be a young man who was half human and half fish.

Names:
Colapesce (Neapolitan character) (preferred,English-P,D)
Colapesce (Neapolitan character) (Italian-P,D)
Nick the Fish (Neapolitan character) (English)
Pesce, Niccolò (Neapolitan character) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<European iconography> (P)
........<European characters> (P)
............Colapesce (Neapolitan character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... fish (animals)
.....(Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Napoli
..... ULAN Candidate

Sources:
Colapesce (Neapolitan character)
................Provenace Index Databases, Inventories (1985-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Nick the Fish (Neapolitan character)
................Provenace Index Databases, Inventories (1985-)
Pesce, Niccolò (Neapolitan character)
................Provenace Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Provenace Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

New Search

Back to Top
The J. Paul Getty Trust
The J. Paul Getty Trust