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Research Institute Study Photographs of Netherlandish paintings and drawings
76.P.58  
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  • Arrangement note
  • Processing History
  • Other Finding Aids
  • Publication Rights
  • Access
  • Biographical / Historical Note
  • Scope and Content of Collection

  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections
    Title: Study photographs of Netherlandish paintings and drawings
    Creator: Douwes Fine Art Gallery (London, England)
    Creator: Kunsthandel P. de Boer
    Creator: Duits, Ltd. (Gallery : London, England)
    Creator: Pellicioli, Mauro, 1887-1974
    Creator: Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968
    Creator: Getty Research Institute
    Creator: Gelder, J. G. van (Jan Gerrit), 1903-1980
    Creator: Marchig, Giannino, 1897-1983
    Creator: Goldscheider, Ludwig, 1896-1973
    Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.58
    Physical Description: 82 Linear Feet (394 boxes)
    Date: 19--?
    Abstract: A collection of photographs covering Netherlandish (Dutch and Flemish) paintings and drawings of the 14th through 16th centuries assembled by the Getty Research Institute.
    Language of Material: English

    Arrangement note

    The photographs are arranged alphabetically by artist with unidentified artists at the beginning and miscellaneous oversize materials at the end.

    Processing History

    Finding aid created in 2009. Revised and expanded from 2021-2023 by Daniel Powazek under the supervision of Ann Harrison.

    Other Finding Aids

    The Photo Study Collection Database   includes photograph level access to a portion of the photographs in this collection.

    Publication Rights

    Photographs and permission to publish must be obtained from copyright holder(s). For further information, contact Library Rights and Reproductions .

    Access

    Open for use by qualified researchers. For further information, consult the Guide to the Photo Study Collection and Database .

    Biographical / Historical Note

    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 and renamed the Photo Study Collection.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    A collection of photographs covering Netherlandish (Dutch and Flemish) paintings and drawings of the 14th through 16th centuries assembled by the Getty Research Institute. The collection documents the work of some 454 artists; those most heavily represented include: Hieronymus Bosch, Dierick Bouts, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Robert Campin, Joos van Cleve, Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Hendrick Goltzius, Jan Gossaert, Marten van Heemskerck, Adriaen Isenbrant, Quentin Massys, Hans Memling, Anthonis Mor, Bernart van Orley, Jan van Scorel, and Rogier van der Weyden.
    The collection contains photographs from a number of sources, including the archives of scholars and restorers such as J.G. van Gelder, Ludwig Goldscheider, Erwin Panofsky, Giannino Marchig, and Mauro Pellicioli. Photographs and auction clippings were acquired from the archives of dealers, including Douwes Fine Art Gallery, Duits, de Boer, and David Koetser. Copy prints were obtained from commercial photographers such as Fratelli Alinari (including the Brogi archive), Photographie Giraudon, Böhm, Bulloz, and Bruckmann, as well as from Christie's, Sotheby's and a number of museums, notably the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Prado, the Rijksmuseum, and Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum. Relevant duplicate images from the repository's archive of the Hoefle firm (Special Collections accn. no. 90.R.19) have been integrated into the collection.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Drawing, Flemish
    Drawing, Dutch
    Clippings (information artifacts)
    Gelatin silver prints -- 20th century
    Painting, Flemish
    Painting, Dutch
    Goldscheider, Ludwig -- Photograph collections
    Marchig, Giannino, 1897-1983 -- Photograph collections
    Pellicioli, Mauro -- Photograph collections
    Gelder, J. G. van (Jan Gerrit) -- Photograph collections
    Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968 -- Photograph collections
    Douwes Fine Art Gallery (London, England) -- Photograph collections
    Duits, Ltd. (Gallery : London, England) -- Photograph collections
    Kunsthandel P. de Boer -- Photograph collections