Processing History
Publication Rights
Other Finding Aids
Access
Scope and Content of Collection
Biographical/Historical Note
Arrangement
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Study photographs of ancient inscriptions
Creator:
Rheinisches Bildarchiv
Creator:
Sigismondi, Roberto
Creator:
Giuliano, Antonio
Creator:
Bini, Barbara
Creator:
Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
Creator:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Creator:
Getty Research Institute
Creator:
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973
Creator:
Koch, Guntram
Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.4
Physical Description:
5.2 Linear Feet
(25 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Abstract: A collection of photographs assembled by the Getty Research Institute of ancient inscriptions, predominently Greek and Roman,
with Athenian inscriptions constituting the largest portion of the collection.
Language of Material:
English
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Processing History
Finding aid created in 2009.
Publication Rights
Other Finding Aids
The
Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately 55% of the photographs in this collection.
Access
Scope and Content of Collection
An assembled collection of photographs of ancient inscriptions, predominently Greek and Roman, with Athenian inscriptions
constituting the largest portion of the collection. The majority of these modern prints were acquired from the American School
of Classical Studies in Athens; sources for the remainder include commercial vendors such as Alinari, Photographie Giraudon,
Barbara Bini, Guntram Koch, the Antonio Giuliano collection in the Gabinetto fotografico nazionale (Rome), and Roberto Sigismondi;
the two major sources for prints of inscriptions from the western part of the Roman Empire are the Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
and the Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln. The collection also contains a few images transferred from the repository's Giovanni
Becatti archive.
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.
Arrangement
Arranged by language/culture, then by medium, then by catalog number or location.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Inscriptions, Greek -- Greece -- Athens
Inscriptions, Latin
Photographic prints
Inscriptions, Ancient
Inscriptions, Greek
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973 -- Photograph collections