Jerry Goes to the Getty I

I stopped off for two days in Los Angeles last month while on a trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.  I used the time to visit the Getty Museum, and today will be the first of three series I do on the male art there.  We start with Mercury by Johan Gregor van der Schart from 1575.

 

Bearded Man

Jacopo Bassano painted this portrait of an unknown beard man about 1550.

 

Dionysos Triumph

This is a fragement of a Roman piece excavated in 1720.  Read more below:

 

Furniture

Even the furniture gallery at the Getty had some fine looking males.

This cabinet was made by Andrew-Charles Boulle around 1667.

 

Francisco de los Cobos y Molina

I find this one to be quite handsome.  Read about it below:

 

Wilton's Belvedere

This is Joseph Wilton's 18th C. version of Apollo Belvedere.

 

Albert D'Anvers

This is Renoire's portrait of French composer Albert D'Anvers.

 

Laocoon and His Sons

 Here we see Laocoon and his sons from 1720 by Giovanni Battisti Foggini.

It's a table top statuette with incredible detail.

Sudanese Man

This is Sudanese Man by French sculptor Charles Cordier from 1856.

You really have to be there in person to appreciate the fine details

in everything from the skin tone to the folds of his clothing.

Several types of stone were used to incredible effect.

 

Angel of the Citadel

Just about anything you can think of is extended in Angel of the Citadel,

a 1949 sculpture by Marino Manini.  Yeah, I saved the strangest for last.