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Getty Research Institute Study Photographs of Ancient Coins
76.P.3
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Study photographs of ancient coins
Creator:
Getty Research Institute
Creator:
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973
Creator:
Rheinisches Bildarchiv
Creator:
Hirmer Fotoarchiv
Creator:
Rosen, Jonathan, 1944-
Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.3
Physical Description:
8.7 Linear Feet
(41 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Abstract: A collection of photographs of ancient coins, predominantly Greek and Roman, assembled by the Getty Research Institute.
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
An assembled collection of photographs of ancient coins, predominantly Greek and Roman. The major source for these modern
prints is the commercial vendor Hirmer Fotoarchiv (circa 2,800 photographs). Other sources include the Rheinisches Bildarchiv
(especially for material from the western Roman empire, circa 200 prints); Bulloz; Photographie Giraudon; Alinari; and Christie's
(circa 100 prints). Approximately 200 photographs were transferred from the repository's Becatti archive, and circa 107 were
produced in a project undertaken in connection with the publication of an exhibition of 50 coins from the Jonathan Rosen collection
at the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1983.
Arranged in two sections of photographic prints and a third section of negatives. The first section of prints is arranged
by culture, and then by location or type of material. The second section is arranged alphabetically by vendor.
In 1974, the J. Paul Getty Museum began assembling a "photo library" by consolidating the visual resources of each existing
curatorial department. By the early 1980s, the Photo Archive was actively acquiring large collections of photographs from
commercial and private sources and scholars' archives that contained a photographic component. In 1983, the nearly one million
photographs of the Photo Archive were incorporated into the Research Institute's Special Collections.
Open for use by qualified researchers. For further information, consult the
Guide to the Photo Archive and Database .
Photographs and permission to publish must be obtained from copyright holder(s). For further information, contact
Library Reproductions and Permissions .
The
Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately 1% of the photographs in this collection.
Finding aid created in 2009.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Coins, Greek
Coins, Roman
Photographic prints
Coins, Ancient
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973 -- Photograph collections