Finding aid for the study photographs of ancient minor arts objects 76.P.17
Ann Harrison
Special Collections
2009
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Study photographs of ancient minor arts objects
Creator:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Creator:
Serafis, Emile
Creator:
Hutzel, Max
Creator:
Goldscheider, Ludwig, 1896-1973
Creator:
Frantz, Alison
Creator:
Bini, Barbara
Creator:
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973
Creator:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Creator:
Getty Research Institute
Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.17
Physical Description:
36.4 Linear Feet
(174 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Abstract: A collection of modern photographs assembled by the Getty Research Institute of ancient works of the minor arts, chiefly from
the Greek and Roman periods, Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD). Object types include:
arms and armor, athletic equipment, furniture, jewelry, lamps, loomweights, masks, mirrors, models, molds, musical instruments,
ornaments and appliqués, scales and weights, seals and stamps, textiles, toys, utilitarian objects, vessels, and votive objects.
Language of Material:
English
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Access
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
An assembled collection of modern photographs of ancient works of the minor arts, chiefly from the Greek and Roman periods,
Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD). Object types include: arms and armor, athletic
equipment, furniture, jewelry, lamps, loomweights, masks, mirrors, models, molds, musical instruments, ornaments and appliqués,
scales and weights, seals and stamps, textiles, toys, utilitarian objects, vessels, and votive objects.
The collection contains photographs from numerous sources, including commercial vendors and photographers, museum collections,
auction houses, research institutions' archives, and scholars' archives and collections. Of particular importance are the
photographs reproducing the contents of the James Tassie collection of casts of ancient gems at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
One of the few sets of photographs documenting this collection, this corpus is important for the study of ancient gems, the
history of gem collecting, iconographic sources of neoclassical images, and the formation of 18th century taste.
Significant scholars' archives contained in the collection include those of Giovanni Becatti and Ludwig Goldscheider. In addition,
the collection contains selected prints of objects found in excavations carried out by Bryn Mawr College at Murlo, Italy;
other photos were acquired from the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Among commercial vendors and photographers,
the most important sources are Alinari (including the Anderson and Brogi archives), Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Bulloz, Christie's,
Photographie Giraudon, Hirmer Verlag, Sotheby's, Max Hutzel, Barbara Bini, Alison Frantz, and Emile Serafis.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by object type, form, culture, and location (city, museum).
Other Finding Aids
The
Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately 44% of the photographs in this collection.
Processing History
Finding aid created in 2009.
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Implements, utensils, etc.
Gems, Ancient
Lamps, Ancient
Jewelry, Ancient
Mirrors
Masks
Musical instruments, Ancient
Models (Clay, plaster, etc.)
Toys
Textile fabrics, Ancient
Seals (Numismatics)
Photographic prints
Armor, Ancient
Athletics -- Equipment and supplies
Decoration and ornament, Ancient
Furniture, Ancient
Weights and measures, Ancient
Weapons, Ancient
Poggio Civitate Site (Italy)
Votive offerings
Goldscheider, Ludwig, 1896-1973 -- Photograph collections
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973 -- Photograph collections
Tassie, James, 1735-1799
Study photographs of ancient minor arts objects
box 1, box 2, box 3, box 4, box 5, box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10
box 12, box 13, box 14, box 15, box 16, box 17, box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21, box 22, box 23, box 24
box 33, box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37
box 41, box 42, box 43, box 44, box 45, box 46, box 47, box 48
box 51, box 52, box 53, box 54, box 55, box 56, box 57, box 58, box 59, box 60
Tassie Gem Collection
Scope and Contents
Documentation of collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
box 63, box 64, box 65, box 66
box 71, box 72, box 73, box 74, box 75, box 76
box 78, box 79, box 80, box 81, box 82, box 83, box 84, box 85, box 86, box 87
box 90, box 91, box 92, box 93, box 94, box 95, box 96, box 97
box 100, box 101, box 102, box 103
box 113
Clothing, medical instruments
box 114
Naval equipment, toilet articles, tools
box 117, box 118, box 119, box 120
box 121
Aegean, Cypriot, Egyptian
box 122, box 123, box 124, box 125, box 126, box 127, box 128
box 129, box 130, box 131, box 132
box 133, box 134, box 135, box 136, box 137
box 139, box 140, box 141, box 142, box 143, box 144, box 145, box 146, box 147, box 148, box 149, box 150, box 151, box 152, box 153, box 154
box 159, box 160, box 161, box 162, box 163, box 164, box 165, box 166
box 167, box 168, box 169, box 170, box 171, box 172