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Getty Research Institute Study Photographs of Ancient Mural Painting
76.P.16  
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  • Arrangement
  • Processing History
  • Other Finding Aids
  • Access
  • Biographical/Historical Note
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Publication Rights

  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections
    Title: Study photographs of ancient mural painting
    Creator: Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973
    Creator: Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914
    Creator: Serafis, Emile
    Creator: Ross, John
    Creator: Koch, Guntram
    Creator: Giuliano, Antonio
    Creator: Frantz, Alison
    Creator: Getty Research Institute
    Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.16
    Physical Description: 13.8 Linear Feet (66 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1900s
    Abstract: A collection of modern photographs of ancient wall paintings, both in situ and detached, assembled by the Getty Research Institute. The collection's concentration is on works of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman periods, 6th century BC-6th century AD.
    Language of Material: English .

    Arrangement

    Arranged geographically, by modern country, ancient city, site, and monument.

    Processing History

    Finding aid created in 2009.

    Other Finding Aids

    The Photo Archive Database  includes photograph level access to approximately 46% of the photographs in this collection.

    Access

    Open for use by qualified researchers. For further information, consult the Guide to the Photo Archive 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.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    An assembled collection of modern photographs of ancient wall paintings, both in situ and detached. The collection's concentration is on works of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman periods, 6th century BC-6th century AD Photographic coverage is most complete for Greece and Italy, with notable strength in documentation of Etruscan tomb paintings (in Tarquinia and Chiusi in particular) and of mural paintings in Pompeii. The collection also includes photographs of ancient mural paintings from other countries, including Germany, Hungary, Libya, Syria, and Turkey.
    The collection includes photographs from different sources, chiefly commercial vendors and photographers, as well as the archives of scholars and research institutions. Among the commercial vendors and photographers are Alinari (including the Anderson and Brogi archives), Bulloz, Chauffourier, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln Photographie Giraudon, Hirmer Verlag, Alison Frantz, John Ross, Guntram Koch, Emile Serafis, Giorgio Sommer, and Gabinetto fotografico nazionale (Rome), including the Antonio Giuliano collection.
    Institutional archives from which the collection holds images are the Fototeca unione at the American Academy in Rome and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institute (DAI), Rome. Scholarly sources include the repository's Giovanni Becatti archives.

    Publication Rights

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

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Mural painting and decoration, Etruscan
    Mural painting and decoration, Roman
    Mural painting and decoration, Ancient
    Mural painting and decoration, Greek
    Photographic prints
    Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973 -- Photograph collections