Held (Julius S.) Papers

Series I. Correspondence, 1925-1999

Physical Description: 27 box(es) 11.34 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Series I contains correspondence relating to the major areas of Held's professional activities, those of teacher, author, and art expert. The correspondence is particularly valuable for Held's frank assessments of art objects. Not included are letters of private nature, such as letters to his wife and family, or letters linked to his role as collector of works of art.

Arranged in 8 subseries. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Letters from Held are usually carbon copies or drafts; many are written on discarded proofs for essays and publications.

Series I.A. Scholars and artists, 1925-1999

Physical Description: 3.36 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

This subseries constitutes the largest portion of the correspondence series and consists predominantly of letters to Held. Numerous letters include annotations related to scholarly issues; others are marked by Held only with the date of his reply. Occasionally included are offprints, press clippings, handwritten notes, study photographs, and personal family photographs sent to Held by his correspondents.

The letters reveal a vivid exchange of scholarly opinions concerning attribution and interpretation of artwork by numerous European artists from the 16th to the 18th century, principally Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, and Rembrandt. Discussions and references to Held's books and essays shed light on the reception of his research and the impact of his methodology on other scholars. Publications by other scholars are frequently discussed. Held's opinion and advice is often sought by younger colleagues, particularly during their dissertation work.

Many of Held's correspondents are experts in Dutch and Flemish art. These include Svetlana Alpers, Kurt Bauch, Kristin Belin Lohse, Jan Bialostocki, Karel G. Boon, Ludwig Burchard, Klaus Demus, David Freedberg, Jan de Gelder, Horst Gerson, Creighton Gilbert, Gustav Glück, Amy Golahny, Jan Albert Goris, Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, Erich Hubala, Frances Huemer, Roger Adolf d'Hulst, Wolfgang Jaeger, Michael Jaffé, Madlyn Millner Kahr, Walter A. Liedtke, Anne-Marie S. Logan, Anne W. Lowenthal, John Rupert Martin, Elizabeth McGrath, Marjon van den Meulen, Erwin Panofsky, David Rosand, Meyer Schapiro, Gary Schwartz, Charles Scribner, Seymour Slive , Eric Jan Sluijter, Wolfgang Stechow, Leo Steinberg, J. Douglas Stewart, Werner Sumowski, Horst Vey, John Walsh, Gregor J. M. Weber, Robert Erich Wolf, and Jeremy Wood.

Other prominent scholars represented here are Herbert von Einem, Philipp P. Fehl, Paul Frankl, Max J. Friedländer, Peter Gay, Heinrich Geissler, Ernst Hans Gombrich, Ann Sutherland Harris, Hans Jantzen, Paul Oskar Kristeller, Frits Lugt, Ruth Mellinkoff, Hans Mielke, Justus Müller Hofstede, Christopher Norris, Frits Noske, Konrad Oberhuber, Pierre Rosenberg, Werner Schade, Otto Skutsch, Hans and Erica Tietze, Karen Wilkin, Matthias Winner, and Rudolf Wittkower.

Also included is correspondence with visual and performing artists and literary authors, including Laurie Anderson, Katherine Anne Porter, Rudolf Serkin, Silvia Tennenbaum, Twyla Tharp, and Stanley S. Wulc. Notable are the ca. 100 letters to Held from the American writer Rosalie Littell Colie.

box 1

Early correspondence - Ludwig and Otto Burchard

box 1, folder 1

Early correspondence, 1925-1942

Scope and Content Note

7 items. Letters to Held from Friedrich Antal, Hans Kauffmann, Max Lehrs, Leo vam Puyvelde, Otto Schmitt at Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, and Friedrich Winkler.

box 1, folder 2

Alpers, Svetlana, 1968-1996

Scope and Content Note

23 items (43 leaves): 13 letters to Held and 7 letters from Held, many extensively annotated; and printed matter. Both scholars discuss their various research projects, lectures and publications, particularly Held's interpretation of references to Ovid by Rubens. Included is a typescript of a lecture Alpers gave at CAA in 1996, substantially annotated by Held; and reviews of Alpers's book The making of Rubens. With a mention of Catherine Lusheck.

box 1, folder 3

Ames, Winslow, 1970-1987

Scope and Content Note

14 letters (on 23 leaves) to Held. The letters concern Ames's activities as an art consultant and collector of drawings. Ames writes extensively about his articles on drawings by Sébastien Le Clerc and Antoine Coypel, his autobiography, and his teaching at the Columbia University in the early 1920s. He also writes about art patronage of Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. Several letters concern personal family matters.

box 1, folder 4

Anderson, Laurie, 1969-1995

Scope and Content Note

18 items (on 29 leaves): 5 letters from Anderson to Held, and 1 letter from Held to Anderson. Included are 2 letters to Held from Joan Breton Connelly at Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY and from Ellen V. Futter at the Barnard College concerning Anderson. Also present are printed matter and press clippings, and forms regarding Anderson at Barnard College.

box 1, folder 5

Andersson, Christiane, 1977-1996

Scope and Content Note

10 items (on 21 leaves): 8 letters to Held, a curriculum vitae, and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning mainly Andersson's interpretation of drawings by Urs Graf for her dissertation Dirnen, Krieger, Narren.

box 1, folder 6

Andrews, Keith, 1977-1985 undated

Scope and Content Note

12 items: 7 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held to Andrews, and 3 undated ms. notes. Both scholars discuss questions of attribution and iconography in drawings by Rubens and Jordaens. Andrews mentions his plan to catalog German drawings in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland. [See also items filed in Box 62, F. 15.]

box 1, folder 7

Arbitman [Hellerstedt], Kahren, 1980-1996

Scope and Content Note

ca. 27 items (on 75 leaves): 19 letters to Held and 5 letters from Held to Arbitman, and printed matter. Arbitman writes about her scholarly research and curatorial work, lecturing activities and participation in conferences. She often mentions other scholars, including John Williams, Carol Purtle, Sharon L. Hirsch, Amy Golahny, John Walsh, and the organization Historians of Netherlandish Art. She describes her visit to the collector of drawings Frederick Herman in Norfolk, VA. Held reviews Arbitman's dissertation Hurdy-gurdies from Hieronymus Bosch to Rembrandt . Included is an unpublished copy of Walter Gibson's keynote address presented in 1985 at the International Research Conference in Pittsburg. Several letters by Held and Arbitman concern Held's translation of a medieval Latin manuscript. Enclosed is a color photograph of the original.

box 1, folder 8

Barnouw, Adriaan Jacob, 1965

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Barnouw comments on Held's book Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit .

box 1, folder 9

Barron, Stephanie, 1971 1995-1997

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 4 letters to Held, including two from 1971 when Barron was a senior art history major at the Barnard College, and 1 letter from Held. Held comments on Barron's essay in the catalog of the exhibition Exiles + emigrés (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997), and provides some details concerning his collection of prints by Max Beckmann and Werner Drewes.

box 1, folder 10

Bauch, Kurt, 1962-1965

Scope and Content Note

11 items: 9 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. The letters concern mainly reproductions of Rembrandt's paintings and drawings located in American collections for Bauch's upcoming book Rembrandt, Gemälde. Both scholars discuss attribution questions related to Rembrandt. Also mentioned are the artists Peter Lastman, Gerrit Pietersz, Gerrit Claesz Bleker and Ferdinand Bol. Held comments on Bauch's book on Rembrandt's painting Die Nachtwache . Bauch's letters are annotated by Held.

box 1, folder 11

Baudouin, Frans, 1964-1998

Scope and Content Note

22 items (on 27 leaves): 16 letters to Held, 4 letters from Held, and printed matter. Also included is a letter from Baudouin to Dr. G. Nordbäck in Stockholm. Both scholars discuss attribution questions related to Rubens and other Flemish artists. Several letters concern Frans Claes's interpretation of Joannes Goropius Becanus's Origines Antverpianae [1569]. Baudouin's letters are annotated by Held.

box 1, folder 12

Baumstark, Reinhold, 1977-1996 undated

Scope and Content Note

16 items (on 25 leaves): 9 letters from Baumstark to Held, 5 letters from Held, 2 postcards and 1 illustration. The letters concern various artwork in the collection of the Sammlungen des Regierenden Fürsten von Liechtenstein, mainly attribution questions related to Rubens, Jan van den Hoecke, and other artists. Baumstark's letters are annotated by Held. Also included is correspondence between Held and Lorin A. Uffenbeck concerning the attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 1, folder 13

Bautier, Pierre, 1951-1953

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held concerning several attribution questions raised by Held. Annotated by Held.

box 1, folder 14

Beguin, Sylvie, 1965-1976

Scope and Content Note

24 items (on 31 leaves): 6 letters from Beguin at the Musée du Louvre, to Held and 2 letters from Held mainly concerning an exchange of photo reproductions. A significant portion comprises correspondence with the lawyer Edwin J. Harragan in New York regarding the permission to reproduce artwork by Rubens in an advertising brochure for Cadillac. Included are Harragan's letters to Beguin, Michael Rainbird and Held, and letters from Held to Harragan and Hans Ludwig C. Jaffé.

box 1, folder 15

Belkin, Kristin Lohse, 1982-1997

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 items (60 leaves): 22 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, copies of Belkin's research proposal, draft of her paper "Rubens and the Dance of death", and her curriculum vitae. Belkin's letters are rich in detail related to her research for Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, and other publications. Included are Held's notes for his review of Belkin's Costume book .

box 1, folder 16

Berend-Corinth, Charlotte, 1952 1960

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2 items: a letter and a postcard to Held from the wife of Lovis Corinth.

box 1, folder 17

Behrman, Cynthia Fansler, 1995

Scope and Content Note

11 items: 10 letters from Berhrman to Held, and 1 letter from Held, concerning the sale of a drawing in the collection of the jazz musician Bobby Capers. Several of Behrman's letters are annotated by Held.

box 1, folder 18

Benesch, Otto, 1951, 1953

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. With a mention of Roger Adolf d'Hulst, Iván Fenyo, and Franz Martin Haberditzl.

box 1, folder 19

Bevers, Holm, 1999

Scope and Content Note

2 litems: 1 letter to Held, and reply from Held. Bevers mentions a sketchbook attributed to Herri met de Bles. He also mentions Held's correspondence with Max J. Friedländer in the collection of Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, and the late art historian Hans Mielke.

box 1, folder 20

Bevington, David, 1995

Scope and Content Note

2 item (on 3 leaves): 1 letter to Held, and reply from Held. The letters concern drawings by Held, including a portrait of Alger Hiss.

box 1, folder 21

Bialostocki, Jan, 1963-1987

Scope and Content Note

19 items: 16 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and 1 study photograph. Bialostocki's letters are rich in detail concerning his scholarly research, travel and contacts with other art historians. He writes freqently about his work on Rembrand's painting Polish rider. Both scholars exchange their opinion about a drawing of Mercury and Argus by Rubens.

box 1, folder 22

Bober, Phyllis Pray, 1993-1994, undated

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters from Bober to Held and 1 letter from Held. Bober mentions her work on Art, culture, and cuisine.

box 1, folder 23

Boggs, Jean Sutherland, 1966-1969

Scope and Content Note

8 letters to Held, including 1 by Boggs' assistant Richard K. Graburn. Correspondence concerning lectures given by Held on the occasion of a Jacob Jordaens exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.

box 1, folder 24

Bolten, J., 1967-1968

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 6 letters to Held, and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning a drawing by Abraham Bloemaert in Held's collection, and Bolten's research on Bloemaert. Bolten's letters are annotated by Held.

box 1, folder 25

Boon, Karel G., 1949-1992

Scope and Content Note

33 items (on 36 leaves): 22 letters to Held, 1 letter to Frank Robinson, and 9 letters from Held. The scholars consult each other's opinion concerning their research projects on Rubens and Rembrandt, and frequently discuss attribution questions concerning artwork by other Dutch and Flemish artists. Also discussed is a portrait of Charles V in the context of Erhard Göpel's involvement with Hitler's museum in Linz and the looting of art during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

box 1, folder 26

Brown, Christopher, 1978-1997, undated

Scope and Content Note

43 items (on 55 leaves): 23 letters to Held, 13 letters from Held, and annotated printed matter. Correspondence concerning Brown's and Held's scholarly work and research by other art historians. Discussed are questions of attribution and provenance, mainly of artwork by Rubens and Daniel van den Dyck. Brown relates details concerning auction sales of Rubens's paintings. Also present is business correspondence with the firm Art Life Ltd. in Tokyo and New York concerning Held's essay for the catalog of an Rembrandt exhibition held in Japan during the winter of 1986/1987. Included is a letter to Held from Laura C. Luckey at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vt. concerning a portrait painting by Rembrandt. Several of Brown's letters are annotated by Held.

box 1, folder 27

Burchard, Ludwig and Burchard, Otto, 1933-1951

Scope and Content Note

9 items (on 15 leaves): 7 letters to Held, including 1 from Ludwig's brother Otto Burchard, and 2 letters from Held to Ludwig Burchard. The scholars relate details concerning their research of Rubens, especially questions concerning attribution and provenance. Burchard reviews extensively Held's essay for the catalog of a Rubens exhibition held at Schaeffer & Brandt in New York in 1942.

box 2

Carlotta Cattaneo-Adorno - Gustav Glück

box 2, folder 1

Cattaneo-Adorno, Carlotta, 1988

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held concerning Cattaneo-Adorno's forthcoming publication.

box 2, folder 2-4

Colie, Rosalie Littell, 1957-1982, undated

Scope and Content Note

Ca. 120 items (ca. 140 leaves): letters to Held and his family, and ca. 10 letters from Held. Colie's letters are rich in detail concerning her professional and personal life, especially during the time she taught at Barnard College, at Wesleyan University, and the University of Toronto. Several of her letters are annotated by Held. Also present are letters to Held from Colie's mother, Frederic R. Colie, Held's daughter Anna, Curt A. Zimansky at the University of Iowa, and Estelle Cohen at the Portsmouth Polytechnic in Southsea, Australia. Also present is a letter from Held to Millicent McIntosh at the Barnard College, his correspondence with Harry Woolf at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, Rosalie Colie's vita, printed matter, and an undated letter to Held from the Mills College concerning a collection of letters by Rosalie Colie.

box 2, folder 5

Comini, Alessandra, 1979-1997, undated

Scope and Content Note

46 items (on 50 leaves): 18 letters and 2 postcards to Held, 10 letters from Held, 8 color photographs (personal), Comini's vita, and printed matter. Comini relates details concerning her professional life, lectures, travel, and scholarly work. Held reviews Comini's articles and comments on her publications. Several letters address Held's personal experience as a Jew in Mosbach in pre-war Germany. Also included is correspondence between Comini, Held and Christopher Fulton at the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, TX concerning a self-portrait drawing by Albrecht Dürer. Comini mentions artwork by Kokoschka and Man Ray in the collection of Henri-Louis de la Grange in Paris. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 1.]

box 2, folder 6

Constable, William George, 1996

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. Constable mentions the art collection of the Viscount Lee of Fareham at Chequers, and recommends to Held books by Anna Jameson and Francis Haskell.

box 2, folder 7

Coolidge, John, 1966-1967

Scope and Content Note

6 letters (on 12 leaves): 5 letters to Held, and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning location and provenance of Rubens's paintings and sketches executed for Maria de Medici. With a copy of Coolidge's chart of Rubens's artwork located in Saint Petersburg [Leningrad] and in Munich. Coolidge invites Held to join the Advisory Committee for the exhibition Classicists and the classics in the seventeenth century , forthcoming at the Fogg Art Museum. With George Hanfmann's text defining the main concept of the exhibition.

box 2, folder 8

Cunningham, Charles Crehore, 1966-1972

Scope and Content Note

10 letters (on 11 leaves): 8 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence concerning attribution and provenance of several artworks at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT. Some of Cunningham's letters are extensively annotated by Held.

box 2, folder 9

Delen, Adrien Jean Joseph, 1929-1946

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters and 1 postcard from Delen at the Museum Plantin-Moretus and the Koninklijk museum voor schoone kunsten in Antwerp, and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning a 15th century artist known as the Master of Frankfurt. Delen's letters are annnotated by Held. Delen also mentions Erhard Göpel in Leipzig.

box 2, folder 10

Demus, Klaus, 1984-1986

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 4 letters to Held, and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Demus at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie in Vienna concerning artwork by Anthony van Dyck, and the attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as "kleiner Paulussturz". [See also Held's correspondence with Demus filed in Box 13, F. 24.]

box 2, folder 11

Deutsch Carroll, Margaret, 1982-1996, undated

Scope and Content Note

17 items: 5 letters to Held, 7 letters from Held, and Deutsch Carroll's vita, which includes a bibliography of her works. Correspondence concerning Deutsch Carroll's research on Rembrandt and Rubens. Held reviews extensively several of her publications, especially her interpretation of Rembrandt's Aristotle. Also present is a typescript (9 leaves) titled "Notes", dated Carroll 4/26/96, related to text on Rembrandt.

box 2, folder 12

Downes, Kerry, 1977

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Downes at the University of Reading, and 1 letter from Held. Scholarly exchange concerning Rubens's oil sketch Marriage of Henri IV in the Wallace Collection in London, the drawing Brigida Spinola Doria in the Morgan Library in New York, and oil sketches for the Whitehall Ceiling.

box 2, folder 13

Dulière, Gaston, 1980-1983

Scope and Content Note

8 items: correspondence between Dulière and Held, and between Dulière and Klaus Demus at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie in Vienna, and a typescript annotated by Held. Dulière's letters relate details regarding attribution, location, provenance and sales of artwork by Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Demus comments on Wolfgang Adler's work on Rubens's landscapes [in: Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard ].

box 2, folder 14

Egorova, K. S. (Kseniia Sergeevna), 1967-1977

Scope and Content Note

5 letters, including 1 from Held. Correspondence with the curator at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, mainly regarding an exchange of books and photographs of artwork by Rubens and other artists. Held mentions Armand Hammer in the context of a loan exhibition from Russian museums in the United States. Egorova's letters are annotated by Held.

box 2, folder 15

Einem, Herbert von, 1967-1968

Scope and Content Note

7 letters, including 3 from Held. Correspondence concerning photographs of artwork by Rubens. Von Einem invites Held to give a lecture at the Deutscher Kunsthistorikertag in Ulm. Held comments extensively on von Einem's essay on Rubens's painting Abschied des Adonis. One of von Einem's letters is annotated by Held.

box 2, folder 16

Eisler, Colin T, 1966-1968, undated

Scope and Content Note

4 letters to Held. Eisler seeks Held's opinion on several paintings attributed to Rubens, including artwork in the collection of Ludwig Burchard. One of Eisler's letters is annotated by Held.

box 2, folder 17

Elsen, Albert Edward, 1971-1989

Scope and Content Note

6 letters, including 2 from Held. Correspondence regarding Held's honorary membership at CAA. Elsen writes about his study on Rodin and his plan to write a book about the concept of "artists' freedom."

box 2, folder 18

Fehl, Philipp P., 1956-1992

Scope and Content Note

10 letters (on 12 leaves), including 1 letter from Held and 1 letter from Fehl to Mrs. [Andette?], and a ms. note. Fehl writes about his study of the concept of invisible figures in art, in connection with the theme of Concert champêtre [Fête champêtre]. Held reviews the draft of Fehl's essay published in the Journal of aesthetics and art criticism . Fehl also seeks Held's opinion regarding Rubens's painting The baptism of Constantine, and writes about the project to preserve on microfiche the Cicognara Library in Rome.

box 2, folder 19

Fenyo, Iván, 1966-1969, 1982

Scope and Content Note

5 letters to Held, and the draft of a letter from Held to Gyorgy Dosze at the Szépmuvészeti Múzeum in Budapest. Fenyo mentions recent acquisitions and exhibitions taking place at the Szépmuvészeti Múzeum in Budapest.

box 2, folder 20

Fenwick, Kathleen M., 1967

Scope and Content Note

2 letters, including 1 from Held. Correspondence with Fenwick at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, concerning a drawing by Rubens and an article by Müller-Hofstede. Held writes extensively about the attribution of the drawing to Rubens.

box 2, folder 21

Frankl, Paul, 1940-1945, 1989

Scope and Content Note

9 items: a postcard sent from Cuba and 5 letters to Held, a letter to Held from Frankl's daughter Johanna Kalbach [dated 1989] regarding a painting by Susan Wilk, and a photograph of Frankl at Princeton taken in 1958. Frankl writes about his attempts to help his son escape Europe from Italy in 1940, and mentions David Dank in this context. He also writes about his and William Kolodney's involvement with the Young Men's Hebrew Association [YMHA] in the United States. Several letters concern issues related to research in art history. Frankl analyzes a 16th century painting of the Virgin Mary, and comments on Held's essay on Rembrandt's Polish rider.

box 2, folder 22

Freedberg, David, 1978-1994, undated

Scope and Content Note

14 items (on 24 leaves): 8 letters from Freedberg to Held, 4 letters from Held, and a thank-you card to Held from Deborah Freedberg. Also included is David Freedberg's vita. Both scholars exchange their opinion concerning attribution of several artworks to Rubens. Freedberg's letters relate details concerning his scholarly work, travel and lecturing activities.

box 2, folder 23

Friedenberg, Daniel M., 1984-1992

Scope and Content Note

10 letters (on 11 leaves), including 2 from Held. Friedenberg seeks Held's opinion regarding attribution of paintings in his possession, and mentions that his collection of American first editions is on loan to the Bennington Library.

box 2, folder 24

Friedländer, Max J., 1933-1955, 1999, undated

Scope and Content Note

45 items (ca. 87 leaves) leaves): 41 letters to Held, an undated draft of Friedländer's introduction to an exhibition on landscape painting, and Held's statement confirming that he donated letters from Friedländer to the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin. Also included is Held's 1999 correspondence with Sigrid Achenbach at Kupferstichkabinett (1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held), and photograph of a 16th century embroidered and painted image of Madonna with Child, annotated by Friedländer on verso. Except the photograph all items are photocopies.

box 2, folder 25

Garlick, Kenneth, 1983

Scope and Content Note

3 letters, including 1 from Held. Correspondence concerning Held's donation of letters from Grete Ring to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. Garlick mentions Ring's donation of her collection of early 19th century German drawings to the Ashmolean Museum, and an exhibition of the drawings at C. G. Boerner in Düsseldorf. [See also correspondence with Grete Ring filed in Box. 6, F.6.]

box 2, folder 26

Gay, Peter, 1972

Scope and Content Note

3 letters (on 6 leaves), including 2 from Held. In the context of Gay's lecture "The Berlin-Jewish spirit", Held comments extensively on the topic of the relations between German and East European Jews in pre-war Germany. Held's letters also relate biographical details concerning his family. Gay's letter is annotated by Held.

box 2, folder 27

de Gelder, Jan, 1980

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held, sent from Utrecht. De Gelder congratulates Held for his book The oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens.

box 2, folder 28

Geissler, Heinrich, 1961-1990, undated

Scope and Content Note

38 letters (on 47 leaves), including 14 from Held, and 1 letter to Held from Ulrike Gauss at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Correspondence rich in detail regarding attribution of drawings in the collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphische Sammlung. Included is a list of drawings, annotated by Held. Also discussed is Geissler's book on Reinhold Nägele. Held relates details concerning Nägele's life in the United States. Held also writes about his contacts with the city officials of Mosbach, Germany concerning the renaming of one of the city's squares after a destroyed synagogue.

box 2, folder 29

Gerson, Horst, 1964-1972, undated

Scope and Content Note

12 items: 10 letters from Gerson to Held, and 1 letter from Held. Also present is a 1972 invitation to an event celebrating Gerson's birthday, organized by the Committee for the Gerson Festschrift, and a list of contibutors to the Festschrift. Gerson's letters relate details concerning the provenance of artwork by Rembrandt and Peter van Mol.

box 2, folder 30

Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1972

Scope and Content Note

1 item: copy of a letter from Held to Getty regarding the consultation fee for a painting by Rubens [ David and Abigail]. With the copy of the billing statement on verso. Held mentions a painting by Allori, offered for sale by the Bennington Museum. Annotated by Held. [Also see Held's letter filed with correspondence with David Jaffé, Box 3, F. 24; and Held's letter to John Walsh in Box 7, F. 22.]

box 2, folder 31

Geuer, Gisela, 1998, undated

Scope and Content Note

4 items (on 16 leaves): a letter from the editor of CASH die Wirtschaftszeitung der Schweiz , Anton Ladner asking Held to proofread the enclosed manuscript of his and Geuer's article about Held. The manuscript is extensively annotated by Held. Also present a letter from Held to Ladner, in which he relates additional autobiographical information, and a letter from Held to Geuer concerning the attribution to Rubens of a painting called Bärenjagt . Also included is an unsigned note [by Held] concerning Gustav Glück's attribution of the Bärenjagt to Rubens.

box 2, folder 32

Gibson, Walter S., 1994-1995

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. Gibson writes about his essay on Bruegel's Triumph of Death . He also comments on Linda Seidel's book on the Arnolfini Wedding , and relates details regarding a possible over-painting of the Christ figure in the painting Road to Calvary at Princeton.

box 2, folder 33

Gilbert, Creighton, 1960-1982

Scope and Content Note

17 items (on 26 leaves): 8 letters to Held, 7 letters from Held, and photocopies of artwork by Abraham Bosse and Bruegel. Both scholars comment extensively on Madlyn Millner Kahr's and John F. Moffitt's interpretation of Velázques's painting Las Hilanderas [The Spinners], and discuss the iconography of the fable of Arachne. Held reviews David and Ellen Rosand's article on Bernardo Strozzi [in: the Art Bulletin, 1981] and Cynthia Lawrence's article on Rembrandt's Blinding of Samson [in: Konsthistorisk tidskrift , 1985]. Several of Gilbert's letters are heavily annotated by Held.

box 2, folder 34

Glück, Gustav, 1945-1951

Scope and Content Note

8 items (22 leaves): 6 letters to Held sent from Santa Monica, California, 1 letter from Held, and an offprint of Glück's essay "Mabuse and the development of the Flemish Renaissance". Scholarly correspondence concerning Held's research on Rubens and Rembrandt.

box 3

Amy Golahny - Michael Jaffé

box 3, folder 1

Golahny, Amy, 1980-1999

Scope and Content Note

ca. 55 items (on 117 leaves): 30 letters to Held and 13 letters from Held, 2 curriculum vitae of Golahny, offprints of her essays "Rembrandt's Abduction of Proserpina" and "The Adulteress by Rembrandt and by Eekhout: variations on an Italian Magdalene". The offprints are annotated by Held. Also included is miscellaneous printed matter, color photographs of Golahny's child and mother, and her wedding invitation engraved by Berta R. Golahny. Extensive exchange concerning Golahny's various publications, including her thesis. Extensively discussed are her essays on Rembrandt's Abduction of Proserpina, Rubens's Hero and Leander, and Peter Lastman. Also enclosed is a draft of her essay on Rembrandt's drawing of The blind Belisarius receiving alms . Golahny seeks Held's opinion regarding her cataloging of artwork at the Marquette University in Normal, Ill. Several of her letters are extensively annotated by Held. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 2.]

box 3, folder 2

Golffing, Francis, 1992-1994, undated

Scope and Content Note

12 items (on 13 leaves): 11 letters to Held, and a photocopy of a drawing by Horst Janssen [a copy after Bronzino]. Correspondence concerns reproductions of Bronzino's drawing Fortuna, Titian's painting Venus of Urbino , and a painting by Hans Baldung.

box 3, folder 3

Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1950-1972, undated

Scope and Content Note

27 letters: 23 letters to Held and 4 letters from Held. Correspondence concerns Gombrich's teaching career and the editing process of the forthcoming Festschrift for Hans Tietze. Both scholars comment on contributions to the Festschrift by other scholars, including essays by Rudolf Wittkower and Jan Bialostocki. Gombrich also writes about his teaching at Cambridge University, MA. [See also Gombrich's letter to Erica Tietze-Conrat filed in Box 5, F. 21.]

box 3, folder 4

Goris, Jan Albert, 1941-1969, undated

Scope and Content Note

15 letters (on 16 leaves), including 3 letters from Held to Goris, and 1 letter from Held to André Schiffrin at Pantheon Books in New York, regarding the reissue of Rubens in America [published by Goris under the pseudonym Marnix Gijsen]. Goris reports on his visit to the Hermitage in 1960, and mentions artwork by Rubens and van Dyck in a private collection.

box 3, folder 5

Gregori, Mina, 1968-1989

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 3 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Held writes about a Rubens exhibition held in various Italian cities in 1985.

box 3, folder 6

Grigaut, Paul L., 1964-1966

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 5 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Also included is Grigaut's text describing the paintings Helene Fourment by Rubens and Marchesa Caterina Durazzo-Adorno by Anthony van Dyck, written for his catalog of European paintings at the Virginia Museum, corrected by Held.

box 3, folder 7

Gudlaugsson, S. J. (Sturla J.), 1950-1968

Scope and Content Note

7 letters to Held. Gudlaugsson relates details concerning a copy after a painting by [Gerard?] ter Borch in Los Angeles. He also mentions Rembrandt's portrait of Saskia.

box 3, folder 8

Haeger, Barbara, 1989, 1996, undated

Scope and Content Note

6 letters (7 leaves): 4 letters to Held, and an undated draft of Held's letter concerning his essay on Rubens published by the Dutch magazine Simiolus. Haeger seeks Held's opinion regarding her essay on Rubens's oil sketch of the Adoration of the Magi in the Wallace Collection. Also included is a thank-you letter from the president of the Historians of Netherlandish Art, George Keyes to Christiane D. Andersson in Williamstown, MA.

box 3, folder 9

Harris, Ann Sutherland, 1973-1998

Scope and Content Note

18 items (on 19 leaves): 7 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, 2 handwritten notes, printed and illustrated matter, including a 1976 poem "Ode to the retrenchment of art history at SUNYA". Scholarly correspondence concerning Susan V. Saward's dissertation Rubens' Medici cycle, Harris's essays on the Carracci family and Artemisia Gentileschi, and a drawing attributed to Jacob Jordaens. Harris mentions a "Samson" [painting?] at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Also included is her letter to Anne-Marie Logan at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, concerning Michael Jaffé's attribution of a drawing of Neptune to Rubens; and Held's letters to Hunter College and CUNY regarding Harris's appointment to professor at Hunter College.

box 3, folder 10

Hartford, Huntington, 1962-1963

Scope and Content Note

2 letters: 1 letter from Held, and a thank-you letter to Held from Hartford's secretary Margaret Potter at the Gallery of Modern Art (2 Columbus Circle) in New York. Held expresses his opinion of Hartford's plan to establish an art museum in New York, and presents his view on how to successfully maintain a museum.

box 3, folder 11

Hartt, Frederick, 1952-1985

Scope and Content Note

5 letters (on 6 leaves): 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Hartt writes about drawings at the Louvre that are attributed to Giulio [Romano?], and comments on a lecture given by Held in 1985. Held declines Hartt's invitation to give a lecture at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

box 3, folder 12

Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, 1953-1989

Scope and Content Note

22 letters (on 25 leaves): 18 letters to Held, and 4 letters from Held. Haverkamp-Begemann relates details regarding several artworks, including an Entombment drawing at Boymans Museum in Rotterdam, the painting Fall the damned at Alte Pinakothek in Munich, and drawings from the "Egmont Albums". Held comments on the recent Rembrandt research by Alpers, Schwarz, Sumowski, and others.

box 3, folder 13

Heckscher, William S. (William Sebastian), 1951-1988

Scope and Content Note

26 letters to Held (on 28 leaves). Heckscher comments on research and publications by other art historians, and relates details concerning his teaching at the Kunsthistorisch Instituut der Rijksuniverstet te Utrecht and at Princeton University.

box 3, folder 14

Held, Jutta, 1968-1977

Scope and Content Note

8 items: 6 letters from Jutta Held to Julius Held, 1 letter from Julius Held, and Jutta Held's curriculum vitae. Correspondence regarding Jutta Held's visit in New York. In her letters from Osnabrück, Jutta Held writes about politics and teaching of art history in Germany, and mentions art historians who have been forbidden to practice, among them Richard Hiepe. Her letter concerns Julius Held's permission to cite his opinion in a forthcoming issue of Kritische Berichte. She also mentions the artist Klaus Staeck.

box 3, folder 15

Hibbard, Howard, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Hibbard relates details concerning the relationship between Oskar Hagen and Wolfgang Stechow, and Stechow's professional career.

box 3, folder 16

Hofmann, Werner, 1954, 1988

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. Hofmann mentions several of his essays and research projects.

box 3, folder 17

Hollander, Anne, 1975-1990

Scope and Content Note

8 letters (on 12 leaves): 5 letters to Held, and 3 letters from Held. Held reviews Hollander's essays "Fashion in nudity" and "When fat was in fashion". He also writes about Hollander's book Moving pictures and David Freedberg's Power of images.

box 3, folder 18

Hubala, Erich, 1990-1992

Scope and Content Note

3 letters (on 6 leaves): 2 letters to Held, and 1 letter from Held. Scholarly correspondence concerning artwork by Rubens, and the methodology of Rubens research. [See also correspondence with Elizabeth McGrath, Box 5, F. 3.]

box 3, folder 19

Huemer, Frances, 1984-1998, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 items: 16 mostly undated letters from Huemer to Held, 6 letters from Held to Huemer, 1 letter to Huemer from Martin Kemp at the University of Oxford, England, and letters from Held to Barbara Haeger at the Ohio State University and to Eugene Victor Thaw in Santa Fe, NM. Also present are a draft of Huemer's essay on Philip Rubens annotated by Held, a research proposal, Huemer's curriculum vitae, and 3 offprints, including her "Rubens e il primo decennio" [introd. only]. Scholarly correspondence in which Huemer relates details concerning her various writing projects and scholarly career.

box 3, folder 20

Hugelshofer, Walter, 1952-1953

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. Hugelshofer describes drawings in his collection that are attributed to Rubens, and a landscape watercolor by Rubens in the Sammlung Robert von Hirsch. [See also item filed in Box 62, F. 22.]

box 3, folder 21

Hulst, Roger Adolf d', 1956-1959

Scope and Content Note

5 letters, including 1 from Held. D'Hulst writes about his career and scholarly publications, including his book on drawings by Jacob Jordaens. He also comments on Held's book on drawings by Rubens, and mentions Ludwig Burchard's forthcoming publication on the same subject.

box 3, folder 22

Jaeger, Wolfgang, 1977-1997

Scope and Content Note

32 items (53 leaves), including ca. 20 letters from Held to Jaeger [carbon copies or photocopies] concerning Jaeger's research and publications. Held reviews extensively Jaeger's books Die Illustrationen von Peter Paul Rubens zum Lehrbuch der Optik des Franciscus Aguilonius, 1613 and Die Heilung des Blinden in der Kunst , and discusses details of Jaeger's translation of Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit. Held also comments on Jaeger's commemorative address for Kurt Huber [member of the Weisse Rose circle]; and writes about his own investigation of the persecution of Jews in Mosbach during the Nazi regime. Also included is Jaeger's correspondence with Charles Parkhurst at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. and with Rudolf Sigmund in Mosbach, 2 letters to Held from Mosbach residents signing "Rösle + Trudel", correspondence with Hildegard Jaeger, and obituaries for Jaeger, including a typescript by Friedrich Vogel.

box 3, folder 23

Jaffé, David, 1994-1996, undated

Scope and Content Note

15 items: 10 letters from Jaffé to Held, 4 letters from Held, and Jaffé's essay on Peter Lastman for the Seymour Slive Festschrift. Jaffé relates details concerning the The Earl and Countess of Arundel, Renaissance collectors exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Held reviews the exhibition's catalog and Jaffé's essay on Lastman. Also discussed is a Hendrik van der Borcht painting in Held's private collection. Included is Held's letter to J. Paul Getty, dated Dec. 27, 1972, annotated by Held. [See also correspondence with J. Paul Getty filed in Box 2, F. 30.]

box 3, folder 24-26

Jaffé, Michael, 1952-1986, undated

Scope and Content Note

Ca. 136 items (on ca. 180 leaves): 120 letters, and 16 items of printed matter: 2 book reviews, 1 offprint, Jaffé's texts about a set of tapestries depicting Virtues, Held's review of Jaffé's book, and paper clippings. Extensive scholarly correspondence concerning both scholars' research and publications. Also included is Held's correspondence with Denys Sutton at the magazine Apollo and with Oswald Hickson, Collier & Co. in London concerning a book review by Held and a libel action case. Also included is related correspondence with Held's wife; Mrs. Jaffé; Julian Agnew at Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd in London; Colin Anson at David Carritt Limited in London; Richard F. Brown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Guy Delmarcel at Musées royaux et d'histoire in Brussels; Giorgio Fubini; Mr. Hay; Mr. [Heinz?] Kisters; Frederick Mont Inc. in New York; Clyde Newhouse at the Newhouse Galleries in New York; the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla.; E. V. Thaw & Co. Inc. in New York; and the Italian President's Office. Also included is a letter from Frederick [?] to Pierangelo Botinelli in Switzerland.

box 4

Horst Woldemar Janson - Annalise Mayer

box 4, folder 1

Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1937-1982

Scope and Content Note

14 letters (on 17 leaves), and a note: 7 letters to Held, including 1 from Janson's wife Dora Jane, 1 letter from Held, and several letters to Held from Harry N. Abrams in New York. Correspondence regarding Held's publications at Abrams, mainly the book 17th and 18th century art, baroque painting, sculpture, architecture by Held and Donald Posner.

box 4, folder 2

Jantzen, Hans, 1925-1933

Scope and Content Note

5 letters to Held. Also included is a typescript of Held's letter to Jantzen from April 24, 1933; original not present. Jantzen writes extensively about Held's dissertation.

box 4, folder 3

Kahr, Madlyn Millner, 1966-1991

Scope and Content Note

53 letters (on 69 leaves): 38 letters to Held and 7 letters from Held, and Kahr's correspondence with Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, van de Waal, and the magazine Our Holland. Also included are a letter from Held to Richard Cocke regarding Kahr's interpretation of Titian's paintings depicting scenes from the Old Testament, and copy of Kahr's letter to Creighton Gilbert at the Cornell University, annotated by Held. Scholarly correspondence, rich in detail concerning Kahr's research and publications and Held's research of Rubens and Rembrandt. Held reviews several of Kahr's articles and books, including her study on Erica Tietze-Conrat. Also discussed is John F. Moffitt's review of Kahr's book on Velázquez.

box 4, folder 4

Kaufmann, Thomas DaCosta, 1975-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

6 letters (on 9 leaves): 3 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Scholarly correspondence concerning both scholars' research of European drawings. Kaufmann reviews Held's 1979 article "Rubens and Aguilonius: new points of contact", and the 1982 catalog of an exhibition of drawings [ Flemish and German paintings of the 17th century ].

box 4, folder 5

Keck, Caroline K. (Caroline Kohn), 1966-1981

Scope and Content Note

8 items: 5 letters to Held; text of Keck's proposal of a program in art conservation, annotated by Held; and Held's letter to the director of the Cooperation Graduate Program, Louis C. Jones regarding the proposal.

box 4, folder 6

Klemm, Christian, 1896-1990

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter from Held and 1 letter to Held from Klemm at Kunsthaus Zürich concerning an oil sketch attributed to van Dyck. With a mention of Clovis Whitfield. [See also correspondence with Whitfield in Box 19, F. 24.]

box 4, folder 7

Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1936-1998

Scope and Content Note

37 items (on 68 leaves): 25 letters to Held, 8 letters from Held, and Held's letter to Elisabeth Feist Hirsch in which he recollects time spent together with Kristeller in Heidelberg before the war. Also included are a poem by Kristeller, his curriculum vitae, bibliography of Kristeller's writings from 1929 to 1997 (27 p.), and Held's appraisal of art objects owned by Edith and Paul Oskar Kristeller. A scholarly exchange concerning both scholars' research, publications, and scholarly career. Chiefly discussed are issues related to Kristeller's research of Marsilio Ficino and Bartolomeo Facio. Kristeller relates details regarding letters by Rubens reposited in European archives. One of his letters letter contains editing corrections for an introduction to a book about Carolus Scribanius.

box 4, folder 8

Kultermann, Udo, 1966-1984

Scope and Content Note

10 items: 3 letters to Held, a questionnaire, and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence concerning an article by Kultermann, and the English translation of his book Kleine Geschichte der Kunsttheorie. Included is an announcement of Kultermann's book Die Architektur im 20. Jahrhundert . Also present are 2 letters to Kultermann from Erwin Panofsky who writes about Aby Warburg, Heinrich Wölfflin, and Johannes Wilde.

box 4, folder 9

Kuznetsov, IU (IUrii), 1966-1967

Scope and Content Note

7 letters: 3 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held, and a letter to Held from the Kindler Verlag in Zurich. Correspondence regarding Held's visit to the Hermitage, and the exchange of photographs and publications. Kuznetsov mentions a drawing at the Hermitage attributed by Kurt Bauch to Rembrandt.

box 4, folder 10

Lavin, Irving, 1983-1993

Scope and Content Note

5 letters: 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding the 1983 CAA conference in Philadelphia. Held's letter is typed on verso of a draft for one his publications and includes extensive annotations concerning a Rubens sketch at the Hermitage.

box 4, folder 11

Levine, David, 1988

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and illustrated matter. Scholarly correspondence, concerning a drawing by Pieter van Laer [Bamboccio]. Levine strongly criticizes Svetlana Alpers's book on Rembrandt, and mentions his review of Gary Schwartz's Rembrandt.

box 4, folder 12

Lieberman, Ralph, 1995

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 2 letters to Held and 5 leaves of Lieberman's draft for his essay on art history and photography ["Thoughts of an art historian/photographer on the relationship of his two disciplines"], annotated by Held. Also included are two e-mails: from Richard Murray and from Gerdien Wuestman, both concerning Rembrandt, and a note by Held.

box 4, folder 13

Liedtke, Walter A., 1979-1997, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 44 items (on 62 leaves): 26 letters to Held, many with Held's annotations, 12 letters from Held; and illustrated and printed matter, including Liedtke's essays "Puerto Rico, Museo de arte de Ponce" and "Letter from Berlin, Rembrandt at the Altes Museum". Correspondence regarding Held's expert opinion of art work attributed to Rubens, Rembrandt, and Dürer, as well as his reviews of several of Liedtke's scholarly essays, mainly texts for the catalog of Flemish paintings at Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Liedtke describes a publishing project on Flemish painting for the publishing house Mercatorfonds in Brussels. Also present is Liedtke's letter to Malcolm Delacorte in Cornwall, NY concerning the attribution of a painting to Floris van Schooten; and to Louis A. Ferré in San Juan, Puerto Rico regarding a painting by Jacob Jordaens. Liedtke relates details regarding acquisitions of artwork at Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Both scholars frequently mention Michael Jaffé.

box 4, folder 14

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1957

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Lipchitz postpones Held's visit to his studio, due to preparations for upcoming exhibitions.

box 4, folder 15

Logan, Anne-Marie S., 1976-1998, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 60 items (on ca. 90 leaves): 44 letters and 2 postcards to Held, 13 letters from Held, and printed matter, including 2 lists of drawings for an exhibition held in October 1993 at the Wellesley College [ Flemish drawings in the age of Rubens ]. Scholarly discussions concerning the attribution of various drawings and paintings to Rubens, van Dyck, Johannes Boekhorst, and Gerard Seghers. Extensively discussed is Michael Jaffé's controversial attribution of Cardiff cartoons to Rubens. Logan's letters are rich in detail concerning her lecturing and other scholarly activities, including her consulting job at the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1983. Frequently mentioned is the festschrift for Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann [ Essays in northern European art]. Also included are several honorariums for Held for his reviews published in Master drawings.

box 4, folder 16

Lowenthal, Anne W., 1971-1998

Scope and Content Note

ca. 90 items (ca. 100 leaves): 63 letters to Held and 24 letters from Held concerning mainly the re-editing of Held's essays for a publication by Princeton University Press [ Rubens and his circle, 1982]. The letters are also rich in detail related to Lowenthal's research of Rubens, Joachim Wtewael, and other artists, her teaching career, and professional involvement with CAA and Historians of Netherlandish Art. Lowenthal mentions films by Laurie Anderson. Included is Held's letter to Prof. Couvreur in Antwerp, Belgium concerning publication rights for a reprint, and to Tony Hiss in New York concerning Held's portrait drawing of Hiss's father. Also included is correspondence with the Princeton University Press, a photograph of a drawing by Nicolas Poussin at the Detroit Institute of Arts, a family photo of Lowenthal, and a slide.

box 4, folder 17

Lugt, Frits, 1942-1999

Scope and Content Note

ca. 45 items (ca. 60 leaves): Held's correspondence with Lugt from 1942 to 1964, Lugt's assistant van den Meulen, and Barnard College. Lugt's letters are rich in detail concerning various auction sales, including sales of drawings by Rubens. Lugt also writes about the transcription of an Italian manuscript by Joris Hoefnagel. Also present is Held's correspondence with Carlos van Hasselt and Mária van Berge-Gerbaud at the Fondation Custodia in Paris ,dating from 1972 to 1999, concerning Held's editorial corrections for the catalog Flemish drawings of the seventeenth century from the collection of Frits Lugt , and Held's review of Karel Boon's The Netherlandish and German drawings of the XVth and XVIth centuries of the Frits Lugt collection . Other items are: a thank-you note from Lugt, 2 photographs of Hoefnagel's manuscript and its partial transcript by Held, and 2 offprints. All except one of Lugt's letters are photocopies.

box 4, folder 18

Marsh, Reginald, 1951

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 3 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held to John Hay. Marsh informs Held about a drawing of Saint Gregory Nazianzenus by Rubens, owned by Clarence Hay in New York, not listed in Held's Rubens in America. The drawing previously belonged to Sir Thomas Lawrence. Held writes extensively about the drawing.

box 4, folder 19

Martin, John Rupert, 1954-1994

Scope and Content Note

17 items: 12 letters and a postcard to Held and 4 letters from Held. Correspondence concerning Martin's scholarly research, mainly his work on a drawing of Saint Gregory Nazianzenus by Rubens, a Rubens attributed portrait painting at New York University, and a painting attributed to van Dyck. Frequently addressed is Held's review of Martin's book The ceiling paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp . [Also see Held's correspondence with Princeton University Press filed in Box 12, F. 7.] Held writes about a drawing of Neptune. Martin's letters are annotated by Held.

box 4, folder 20

Martin, Gregory, 1967-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

10 items (on 11 leaves): 8 letters to Held, including 1 by Francis Russell at Christie's in London, and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence concerning various artwork, including the painting Judgement of Paris and the oil sketch Jacob and Esau by Rubens, Titian's La Schiavona , and a copy of Correggio's Zingarella. Held comments on Wolfgang Adler's work on Rubens's landscapes [in: Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard ]. [Held's correspondence with Martin is also filed in Series I.F. Auction houses, Box 16, F. 1-19.]

box 4, folder 21

Mayer, Annalise, 1966-1983

Scope and Content Note

10 letters: 9 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding photographs of paintings in the collection of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Also discussed is a painting by Rubens called Liebesgarten [ Garden of love]. Mayer mentions a dissertation on Rubens's Liebesgarten by Annegret Süberkrüb.

box 5

Millicent C. McIntosh - Erwin Panofsky

box 5, folder 1

McIntosh, Millicent C., 1961

Scope and Content Note

3 items (on 7 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning the hanging of an artwork by Larry Rivers in the art seminar room at Barnard College. Held also writes about the Spanish artist Manuel Rivera, whose work was donated to Barnard.

box 5, folder 2

McCurry, H. O., 1936-1937

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held regarding Held's lecturing activities in Canada.

box 5, folder 3

McGrath, Elizabeth, 1979-1997, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 80 items (ca. 100 leaves): ca. 36 letters to Held and 27 letters from Held, handwritten notes, 1 photograph, and printed matter. Correspondence rich in detail concerning attribution and iconography of numerous artworks by Rubens and other artists. Held advises McGrafth in her research of the Aeneas theme in Rubens's work, her work on Otto van Veen's Emblemata Horatiana, and her study of the iconography of "blacks in art". Her letters are often substantially annotated by Held. Frequently discussed is Michael Jaffé's controversial attribution of the Cardiff cartoons to Rubens. McGrath also writes about her teaching at the Warburg Institute in London. In one of her letters she relates details regarding the fate of several art historians during the Holocaust. Also present is McGrath's letter to David Brooke at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA concerning her lecture, and a copy of Held's letter to Erich Hubala in Munich regarding the Aeneas theme by Rubens. [See also correspondence with Hubala in Box 3, F. 19.]

box 5, folder 4

Meiss, Millard, 1959-1974

Scope and Content Note

10 letters to Held (on 11 leaves), including 1 from Erwin Panofsky who thanks Held for his contribution to the Panofsky-Festschrift. Meiss comments on several of Held's lectures and publications.

box 5, folder 5

Mellinkoff, Ruth, 1982-1987

Scope and Content Note

ca. 16 items: 7 letters to Held, 4 letters from Held, 4 offprints of Mellinkoff's essays from Anglo-Saxon England and the Journal of Jewish art , and Walter S. Gibson's review of her book Outcasts. Scholarly correspondence concerning the allegorical figure representing the Synagogue in art. Held writes extensively about a panel painting of Synagoga and Ecclesia in his collection, and comments on Mellinkoff's interpretation of the biblical Cain in writings by Hermann Hesse.

box 5, folder 6

Meulen, Marjon van den, 1982-1997, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 22 items: 14 letters to Held and 5 letters from Held; and printed matter, including Ingo Herklotz's review of van den Meulen's book Rubens copies after the Antique . Correspondence concerning both scholars's research for the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard. Several of van den Meulen's letters are annotated by Held.

box 5, folder 7

Mielke, Hans, 1978-1994, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 items (on 36 leaves): 18 letters to Held, including from Mielke's wife Ursula and son Hans, 8 letters from Held, and photocopies of photographs of the reading room at the Kunstkammer in Berlin. The letters provide insight into the friendship and scholarly relationship between Mielke and Held. Mielke relates details concerning his research of drawings by Pieter Bruegel. Held comments on Mielke's book on Albrecht Dürer. Mielke writes extensively about the neo-nazis and hatred of foreigners in Germany after reunification. Held relates details concerning the fate of his fellow art history students in Berlin before the war.

box 5, folder 8

Millar, Oliver, Sir, 1959-1981

Scope and Content Note

ca. 10 items (14 leaves): 6 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held, and printed matter annotated by Held. Correspondence regarding the attribution to Rubens, iconography and provenance of a painting of Pythagoras in the collection of the Buckingham Palace Also present is Held's letter to the editor of the Times Literary Supplement in London , Arthur Crook concerning Millar's review of his Rubens, selected drawings, and Crook's response letter.

box 5, folder 9

Mongan, Agnes, 1955-1957

Scope and Content Note

8 items (11 leaves): 5 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and a list of drawings and oil sketches by Rubens for an exhibition held Jan- Apr 1956 at the Fogg Art Museum and the Pierpont Morgan Library. Correspondence concerning Held's advisory role in the process of selecting drawings for the exhibition.

box 5, folder 10

Hofstede, Cornelius Müller, 1930, 1967

Scope and Content Note

5 letters to Held, including 1 dated 1930 in which Hofstede congratulates Held on his doctoral degree and comments extensively on Held's dissertation. The letters from 1967 regard Hofstede's interest in Adam Elsheimer.

box 5, folder 11

Müller Hofstede, Justus, 1964-1986, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 22 items (on 29 leaves): 11 letters to Held and 7 letters from Held, notes and printed matter. Correspondence rich in detail concerning both scholars' research on Rubens, their conflicting opinions about certain artworks, and a controversy caused by Held's essay on an oil sketch. Also present is a letter to Held from Kurt Meissner in Zurich regarding an oil sketch by Anthony van Dyck.

box 5, folder 12

Muller, Jeffrey, 1977-1983

Scope and Content Note

7 items (on 11 leaves): 5 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held, and typescript notes. Muller writes extensively about his dissertation on Rubens's collecting activities.

box 5, folder 13

Nordenfalk, Carl Adam Johan, 1975

Scope and Content Note

3 letters, including 1 from Held regarding a poem by Jacob Cats and the theme of the love-sick woman in painting. Nordenfalk mentions a lost painting by Jan van Eyck, and a kunstkamer painting by Willem van Haecht.

box 5, folder 14

Norris, Christopher, 1979-1981?

Scope and Content Note

5 letters (on 6 leaves), including 1 from Held. Norris's letters are undated. An exchange of opinions regarding artworks by Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Held comments on Michael Jaffé's attribution of the Cardiff cartoons to Rubens.

box 5, folder 15

Noske, Frits, 1990-1993

Scope and Content Note

ca. 60 items (ca. 100 leaves): ca. 30 letters and 4 postcards to Held, also from Noske's wife, 20 letters from Held (mostly photocopies), notes, press clippings, and printed matter, including Noske's vita and a bibliography of his publications. Correspondence concerning Held's research on a portrait painting of Constantin Huygens, which he attributes to Jacob van Campen. Noske writes about the musical aspects in Dutch poetry and painting, mainly the concepts of harmony and concord in Constantijn Huygens's poems, and various other topics related to his research in musicology. He reviews extensively the draft of Held's essay "Constantijn Huygens and Susanna van Baerle", and comments on Held's research on Rembrandt. Several letters concern Anthony van Dyck's painting Rinaldo and Armida , including a letter to Held from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Frequently discussed are essays and scholarly opinions of other scholars, mainly Gary Schwartz.

box 5, folder 16

Novak, Barbara, 1969-1984

Scope and Content Note

8 items (9 leaves): 3 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and 2 financial documents related to the shipment of an oil painting to Brian O'Doherty at the Charles Cowles Gallery in New York.

box 5, folder 17

Oberhuber, Konrad, 1965-1985

Scope and Content Note

10 items (13 leaves): 7 letters to Held, 1 photograph, and printed matter. Oberhuber thanks Held for his gift to the Albertina, and mentions artwork by Jacob Jordaens and Anthony van Dyck at the Fogg Art Museum. Also regarding attribution of a drawing to Rubens. Included is a photocopy of Oberhuber's letter to Henry S. Francis at the Cleveland Museum of Art (photocopy) concerning Rubens's painting of St. Catherine in Toledo, Ohio.

box 5, folder 18

Osten, Gert von der, 1965, 1976, undated

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 3 letters to Held, and an undated list of missing paintings by Hans Baldung. Von der Osten responds to Held's request for photographs of a sculpture in the collection of the Schnütgenmuseum in Cologne. He also mentions his current research project, the catalogue raisonné of paintings by Hans Baldung, and lists museums and private collections in the United States and Canada that include Baldung's artwork.

box 5, folder 19

Panofsky, Erwin, 1935-1990, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 60 items (ca. 90 leaves): 49 letters to Held and 4 letters from Held. Panofsky writes extensively about attribution, iconography and the symbolic meaning of paintings by Roger van der Weyden, Jan van Eyck, and Simon Marmion. He also relates details concerning his research on the iconography of Pandora and Creusa for a new edition of Pandora's box. Several letters concern Panofsky's essay on Jan van Eyck, his interpretaion of Vasari's Libro and Poussin's Et in Arcadia Ego. Panofsky mentions Erica Tietze's interest in the theme of suicide in art. A note by Held concerns a manuscript by Erica Tietze in the collection of the Bibliothek Warburg. Also included are: Panofsky's correspondence with Adriaen J. Barnouw concerning Barnouw's essay on Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding, with an offprint of Barnouw's essay; Held's letter to Thomas C. Howe at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco regarding the art historian Paul Coremans; Gerda Soergel's letter to Held written after Panofsky's death; and Held's correspondence with Dieter Wuttke concerning the forthcoming publication of Panofsky's correspondence.

box 5, folder 20

Panofsky, Erwin, Ernst Gombrich, and Otto Kurz to Erica Tietze-Conrat, 1951-1958

Scope and Content Note

49 items (on 57 leaves). Letters to Held: 34 letters from Panofsky, 1 letter from Gombrich, and 7 letters from Kurz. Also present is a letter from Erica Tietze to Panofsky, typescript citations from reviews by Hans Tietze, and a note by Held. Gombrich writes about the symbolic meaning of donkeys in art. [See also correspondence between Held and Gombrich filed in Box 3, F.3.] Kurz and Panofsky relate details concerning Erica Tietze's work on the theme of suicide in art, as well as their own scholarly work. [See also Held's note filed in Box 5, F.20.]

box 6

François-Georges Pariset - Wolfgang Stechow

box 6, folder 1

Pariset, François-Georges, 1934-1985

Scope and Content Note

ca. 63 items: ca. 50 letters to Held, including a postcard from 1934, 3 letters from Held (copies), 2 offprints and other printed matter, a 1948 photograph of Pariset [with daughter Françoise?], a letter from Françoise to Held, a wedding announcement and an obituary. Pariset's letters are rich in detail related to his teaching at the Institut d'histoire de l'art moderne in Bordeaux and at the university of Hamburg, travel and personal life.

box 6, folder 2

Parkhurst, Chuck, 1981-1983

Scope and Content Note

3 letters, including 1 from Held.

box 6, folder 3

Porter, Katherine Anne, 1963, 1980, 1993-1999

Scope and Content Note

ca. 40 items: 3 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held (all photocopies), and press clippings. Correspondence concerning Held's proofreading of Porter's Ship of fools. In one of her letters Porter makes incisive comments regarding her novel. Also included is a letter from Bernard Malamud to Held declining the permission to publish Porter's letters; and Held's correspondence with Ruth Moore Alvarez, curator of literary manuscripts at the University of Maryland Library regarding his gift to the university. With a photocopy of the appraisal of Porter's letters. [Two press clippings are filed in Box 145*, F. 1.]

box 6, folder 4

Posner, Donald, 1972, 1986

Scope and Content Note

3 items (5 leaves, including photocopies): 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Posner complains about printing errors in the first edition of his and Held's book 17th and 18th century art. Held considers a reissue of the book in 1986.

box 6, folder 5

Renger, Konrad, 1979-1997

Scope and Content Note

9 items: 8 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held inquires about a portrait of the Archduke Maximilian of Austria by Rubens. Renger mentions an Entombment sketch by Anthony van Dyck. [See also correspondence with Renger filed in Box 13, F. 17.]

box 6, folder 6

Ring, Grete, 1933-1952

Scope and Content Note

8 items (10 leaves): 6 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, a handwritten note by Held. Ring's letters relate details regarding art sales and exhibitions at the firm Paul Cassirer in Amsterdam, and later in London, and Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner in Berlin, including the sale of the collection of Édouard Warneck. In her letter from 1939, Oct. 16th she relates information about the fate of Max J. Friedländer, her father Walter Feilchenfeldt, [Günther?] Lütjens, and Jakob Rosenberg. [See also correspondence with Kenneth Garlick filed in Box 2, F.26.]

box 6, folder 7

Roethlisberger, Marcel, 1959-1998

Scope and Content Note

23 items (26 leaves): 15 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, and a photocopy of a painting by Rubens. Correspondence concerning Roethlisberger's professional career, including related letters to Held from the Bollington Foundation and the Dickson Art Center, and Roethlisberger's research proposals for a catalogue raisonné of paintings by Claude Lorrain. Several letters regard the art collection at Ponce Art Museum in Puerto Rico. Included is an unsigned letter [by Held?] to Don Luis [Ponce Art Museum] regarding El Greco's painting St. Francis and Brother Leo meditating on death from the collection of Derek Johns in London. Also included is Held's letter to Father Donald F. Rowe at the Loyola University in Chicago concerning Rowe's proposal to publish a catalog of artwork held in Jesuit institutions. [See also item filed in Box 63, F. 10.]

box 6, folder 8

Rosand, David, 1972-1998

Scope and Content Note

34 items (ca. 60 leaves): 17 letters to Held and 10 letters from Held. Correspondence rich in detail regarding Rosand's research on Titian, Rembrandt and Rubens, and Held's work on Rubens and his circle. Rosand mentions Erica Tietze-Conrat's unpublished essay "Patterns of suicide in literature and art". He also relates details concerning his teaching and lecturing activities, and the academic events taking place at Columbia University in New York. Held writes about his relationship to Rudolf Wittkower. Also present is Rosand's letter (copy) to the New York Review of Books concerning Hans Ernst Gombrich's review of David Freedberg's Power of images; an outline of Rosand's book on drawing, an offprint of his essay Titian 500, and press clippings. [Two press clippings filed in Box 145*, F. 2.]

box 6, folder 9

Rose, Patricia, 1970-1991, undated

Scope and Content Note

14 items (17 leaves): 11 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and a list of lectures presented in 1991 at the Art History Graduate Student Symposium held at the Florida State University in Tallahassee. Correspondence concerning Rose's progress researching her dissertation on Wolf Huber.

box 6, folder 10

Rosenberg, Jakob, 1965

Scope and Content Note

7 items (9 leaves): 4 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Discussed is Michael Jaffé's controversial attribution of a drawing and an oil-sketch to Rubens. Rosenberg writes about Rembrandt and Held's book Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit .

box 6, folder 11

Rosenberg, Pierre, 1963-1996

Scope and Content Note

24 items (25 leaves): 18 letters to Held and 5 letters from Held. Correspondence concerning Rosenberg's research for a book on Laurent de La Hyre and the catalogue raisonné of drawings by Antoine Watteau. Several letters concern Held's essay on Max Friedländer. Frequently mentioned are various drawings in Held's private collection. Also included are photocopies of Nathan Chaikin's letter to Held concerning a drawing by Antoine Watteau, and of Jacques Mathey's letter to Chaikin in which Mathey mentions a drawing after Michelangelo. Many of Rosenberg's letters are annotated by Held.

box 6, folder 12

Sandy, Stephen, 1988, 1997, undated

Scope and Content Note

3 items (10 leaves): a postcard and two letters to Held, and photocopies of drawings of various mazes. Sandy writes about a poem he wrote for a "silly sonnet contest". He also describes his impressions of Held's book The Holocaust, from a distance ; and mentions Ulrich Pinder's Speculum Passionis .

box 6, folder 13

Sauerländer, Willibald, 1970-1981

Scope and Content Note

18 items (20 leaves): 12 letters to Held, 6 letters from Held, and a copy of a letter signed by Sauerländer and Erich Steingräber to Dr. Briegel at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in Bonn. Sauerländer invites Held to Munich to research Rubens's paintings in the Alte Pinakothek.

box 6, folder 14

Schade, Werner, 1991-1994

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held, and a color transparency of the portrait of Louis XIII King of France by Rubens. Schade writes about paintings attributed to Rubens at the Norton Simon Museum and in Dessau; and lists recent aquisitions of drawings for the Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie in Dessau, including a drawing by Albrecht Dürer. Held comments on the Dürer drawing. Schade's letter concerning the authenticity of the Louis XIII portrait is annotated by Held. Schade also writes about layoffs of art historians in the former East Germany after the German reunification. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 3.]

box 6, folder 15

Schama, Simon, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Schama mentions his manuscript on Dutch culture, and a project on xenophobia in early modern Europe.

box 6, folder 16

Schapiro, Meyer, 1936-1996

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 items: 22 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held, including a letter of condolence on Schapiro's death, printed matter, and press clippings. Schapiro shares with Held his opinion on recent publications in art history, including David Sutter's views on Caravaggio and Maurice Walter Brockwell's interpretation of van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding as a morganatic marriage. He writes extensively on Rembrandt's painting Artistotle contemplating the bust of Homer. Schapiro also expresses his opinion about the private collection of Dr. Cosla in New York, offered to the Museum of Tel-Aviv. Held comments on Lotte Brand Philip's book on Jan van Eyck. [Six leaves of press clippings are filed in Box 145*, F. 3.]

box 6, folder 17

Scheyer, Evelyn, 1936, 1986

Scope and Content Note

3 letters to Held (4 leaves) from the wife of the art historian Ernst Scheyer. In her letter sent from Detroit, dated Oct. 22, 1936, Scheyer mentions the art dealer Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner bringing artwork from Europe, including Rubens's sketch Abigail and David.

box 6, folder 18

Schilling, Edmund, 1950-1963, undated

Scope and Content Note

10 items: 7 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 2 handwritten notes. Correspondence concerning drawings by Rubens and a woodcut by Christoffel Jegher, shown in 1950 at Wildenstein & Co. in London. Schilling relates details concerning his research on the painter Jacob Ernst Thoman von Hagelstein, and mentions his essay on a drawing by Lotto for the forthcoming Festschrift for Hans Tietze.

box 6, folder 19

Schwartz, Gary, 1986-1997

Scope and Content Note

Ca. 75 items (ca. 100 leaves): 18 letters to Held and 14 letters from Held, printed and illustrated matter (ca. 27 items), including several offprints, 5 press clippings, and 2 photographs: of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu and of Gary Schwartz and John Walsh with spouses in 1992. Correspondence and papers related to Schwartz's research on Willem van Haecht's kunstkamer paintings, Rubens and van Dyck, Rembrandt's Polish rider, and Held's discovery of Jacob van Campen's portrait of Constantin Huygens. Schwartz also writes about Max J. Friedländer's photographic archive at the RKD [Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie] in Hague, and comments on Friedländer's attributions of paintings to Dieric Bouts. He also comments on an undisclosed author's essay on Adriaen Isenbrant published in Art Bulletin. Included are letters from Held and Schwartz to John Walsh and a letter to Held from Charles Scribner III concerning Schwartz's opinion of Held's Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit . Several of Schwartz's letters are annotated by Held. [The press clippings are filed in Box 145*, F. 4.]

box 6, folder 20

Schöne, Wolfgang, 1965-1966

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held. Schöne invites Held to participate in the 10th Deutscher Kunsthistorikertag in Münster.

box 6, folder 21

Schulz, Juergen, 1986

Scope and Content Note

2 items: a letter to Held asking for a review of Schulz's 1967 unpublished lecture on Titian's ceiling in Brescia; and 2 leaves of Held's handwritten notes concerning the lecture.

box 6, folder 22

Serkin, Rudolf, 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter from Held to Serkin concerning the Marlboro Music Festival, and Serkin's reply.

box 6, folder 23

Scribner, Charles, 1975-1997, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 70 items (ca. 100 leaves): 44 letters to Held and 8 letters from Held, drafts for Scribner's books, notes, press clippings, an offprint, and a color photograph of Scribner's sons. Correspondence rich in detail related to Scribner's doctoral thesis on Rubens's tapestries, the book Peter Paul Rubens, and his essay on Rubens and Veronese for the Burlington Magazine. Scribner relates details concerning the provenance of several of Rubens's artworks, the Johnson collection in New York, and the collection of Count Andrassy in Princeton. He also writes about the Medici cycle, and comments on Held's writings on Rubens. Scribner's letter to Gregory Martin at Christie's in London relates details regarding his involvement in publishing Held's books. Also included is Scribner's letter to Walter Persegati at the Vatican Museums concerning photographs of paintings; and correspondence between Scribner and J. David Farmer at the University Art Museum in Santa Barbara regarding Scribner's lecturing activities and the forthcoming exhibition of Anthony van Dyck's Iconographie. Included are letters to Held from Elizabeth M. Riley at the Pierpont Morgan Library.

box 6, folder 24

Skutsch, Otto, 1981

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. An exchange of opinions concerning early Latin literary sources known to Rubens, mainly a text by Aurelius Victor describing the appearance of Aeneas to Ascanius. Held also comments of Michael Jaffé's controversial attribution of the Cardiff cartoons to Rubens.

box 6, folder 25

Slive, Seymour, 1958-1995

Scope and Content Note

14 items (17 leaves): 11 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, a note by Held, and an offprint of Slive's essay on Jacob van Ruisdael. Correspondence concerning mainly the interpretation and attribution of paintings by Frans Hals and their relation to poems by Jacob Cats. Slive comments on Held's interpretaton of the painting Het Pelsken by Rubens, and on Held's book Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit . He also mentions self-portraits by Jan Gossaert.

box 6, folder 26

Sloane, Joseph C., 1964-1965

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 6 letters to Held, and 1 letter from Held. Sloane asks Held for his opinion regarding the Fielding Marshall collection of paintings, offered to the Ackland Art Center in Chapel Hill.

box 6, folder 27

Sluijter, Eric Jan, 1988-1999

Scope and Content Note

ca. 35 items (ca. 60 leaves): ca. 14 letters to Held and 15 letters from Held, including 1 fax, 7 postcards to Held, and typescript of Sluijter's essay on Jan van Goyen. Correspondence rich in detail related to Sluijter's research on 17th century Dutch art. Extensiverly discussed are the theme of the Five Senses by Hendrik Goltzius and the usage of ekphrasis by Rembrandt. Both scholars exchange opinions concerning Gary Schwartz's interpretation of Rembrandt's painting Polish rider. Frequently mentioned is the art historian Ilya Veldman. Several of Sluijter's letters are in Dutch; some are annotated by Held.

box 6, folder 28

Smith, David R., 1979-1995

Scope and Content Note

9 items: 5 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, and a letter to Smith from the editor of The Art Bulletin, Kathleen Weil-Garris concerning Smith's article on Rembrandt's painting The Jewish bride. Correspondence concerning mainly Smith's dissertation on the double and pair portrait in 17th century Netherlands.

box 6, folder 29

Spear, Richard E., 1977-1986

Scope and Content Note

7 items (8 leaves): 3 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, and a photograph of Domenichino's painting of St. John the Evangelist. Correspondence regarding the restoration of Domenichino's painting. Held comments extensively on William H. Halewood's essay on Rembrandt [ Six subjects of reformation art, a preface to Rembrandt ].

box 6, folder 30

Stechow, Wolfgang, 1939, 1954-1972

Scope and Content Note

ca. 20 items (24 leaves): 17 letters to Held, 4 letters from Held, and an undated draft of a text about Stechow, annotated by Held. Correspondence concerning artworks by Rubens and Jacob Jordaens, including Jordaens' drawing Betrothal of St. Catherine. Included is a letter from the art dealer Mathias Komor in New York concerning the sale of the drawing. Komor mentions the names Gimbel [Gimbel Brothers in New York?], Kende [Kende Galleries in New York?], Calman in London [Crane Kalman Gallery?], and Ludwig Burchard. Frequently mentioned are essays and publications by other scholars. Held relates details concerning The joys of collecting, a book about the art collection of J. Paul Getty. [The undated draft is filed in Box 145*, F. 5.]

box 7

Leo Steinberg - Karen Wilkin

box 7, folder 1

Steinberg, Leo, 1971-1992

Scope and Content Note

ca. 75 items (ca. 125 leaves): 34 letters and 7 postcards to Held, 19 letters from Held, 3 letters to Held from Steinberg's wife Dorothy Seiberling, printed matter and press clippings, Held's handwritten notes, and the typescript of Steinberg's paper on Rubens read in 1990 at a symposium held at the Columbia University. Extensive scholarly correspondence concerning both scholars' research and publications, including detailed discussions of matters of iconographic interpretation of artwork by Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens, and Rembrandt. A major portion relates to Steinberg's research for his book The sexuality of Christ in Renaissance art and in modern oblivion . Steinberg also writes about his interest in popular culture and lecturing activities, including the Lionel Trilling Seminar. His letters are frequently annotated by Held. Included is a draft of Steinberg's "Addendum" to Held's essay on Rubens's painting The holy women at Christ's sepulchre at the Norton Simon Museum, annotated by Held. Steinberg mentions artwork purchased for his private collection. Also present is Held's correspondence with Steinberg concerning the sale of Held's archive to the Getty Research Institute. [The press clippings are filed in Box 145*, F. 6.]

box 7, folder 2

Sterling, Charles, 1976-1982

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondenece concerning both scholars' publications. Also discussed are aspects of attribution, mainly of artwork by Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, and an Assumption of the Virgin painting by Charles Mellin. [See also Sterling's letter to Vassar College filed in Box 15, F. 14.]

box 7, folder 3

Stewart, J. Douglas, 1985-1998

Scope and Content Note

15 items (16 leaves): 7 letters to Held, 7 letters from Held, and the photocopy of Stewart's review of David Freedberg's book The life of Christ after the passion . Correspondence concerning Stewart's scholarly research of Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, including a painting attributed to Rubens in Arc-et-Senans [France], a self-portrait of Jan Lievens and Anthony van Dyck's Iconography. Stewart writes about a drawing attributed to Thomas Willeboirts-Bosschaert. He also writes extensively on the significance of the Constantine theme for the British king Charles I, mentions his book on Rubens and the Anglican church, and Britannia Triumphans. Stewart's letters are often annotated by Held. Held comments on Stewart's reviews, and relates details regarding drawings from his collection at the Clark Art Institute, the National Gallery in Washington, and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.

box 7, folder 4

Strauss, Walter L., 1980-1985

Scope and Content Note

14 items (18 leaves): 4 letters to Held, 7 letters from Held, printed and illustrated matter, and a letter dated 1962, November 25 from Kenneth Buckingham to Lt. Emery regarding two paintings erroneously attributed to Rubens. Correspondence regarding Strauss's editing of Werner Sumowski's work on Dutch drawings [ Drawings of the Rembrandt school]. Present is a photocopy of Staruss's essay "Rembrandt: the Brazen Serpent" (5 leaves), annotated by Held. Held's letters are rich in detail regarding drawings by several Dutch artists. Also discussed is the theme of blindness in Rembrandt's paintings. Held writes extensively about his research for Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit .

box 7, folder 5

Styhr, Jørgen, 1954

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Styhr mentions his research on Dutch drawings.

box 7, folder 6

Sumowski, Werner, 1970-1996

Scope and Content Note

12 items: 7 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, a letter to Held from Millard Meiss at the Institute for Advance Study in Princeton, illustrated matter and a list of captions of artworks by Rembrandt. Correspondence related to Held's and Sumowski's research on Rembrandt. Sumowski mentions the latest controversies in research on Rembrandt. Also discussed is the attribution of a drawing to Rubens.

box 7, folder 7

Sutton, Peter C., 1982-1993

Scope and Content Note

13 items (15 leaves): 5 letters to Held, 4 letters from Held, illustrated matter, a handwritten note, and a photograph of a Crucifixion painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Sutton mentions a technical examination of a Rubens sketch in the Johnson Collection, and his research of Rubens's Prometheus. Held comments extensively on Gary Schwartz's book on Rembrandt, and expresses his opinion regarding the attribution of the Crucifixion sketch in Philadelphia to Anthony van Dyck.

box 7, folder 8

Tennenbaum, Silvia, 1980-1999

Scope and Content Note

11 items (16 leaves): 8 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and a page (photocopy) from Alexander Dietz's Stammbuch der Frankfurter Juden. Tennenbaum writes about her stay in Taos, New Mexico in 1980 and her progress in writing the novel Yesterday's streets. She also describes her impressions of her visit to Frankfurt, Germany in 1996. She relates details concerning the history of the Jewish community in Frankfurt and writes about the relationship of European Jews to Germany after WWII. She mentions pre-war home movies made by the Lewents family from Berlin. She also discusses with Held Victor Klemperer's book on National Socialism LTI [Lingua Tertii Imperii]. Held comments on Tennenbaum's review of the English translation of Klemperer's diaries, and mentions his speech about Mosbach.

box 7, folder 9

Tharp, Twyla, 1963-1986, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 12 items (19 leaves): 3 undated letters to Held, 2 notes by Held from 1963 concerning Tharp as his student at Barnard, and several press clippings dating from 1976 to 1986. Tharp relates details regarding her husband's teaching at the Hunter College, her dancing career, and events in personal life. [Four leaves of press clippings are filed in Box 145*, F. 7.]

box 7, folder 10

Thaw, Eugene Victor, 1967-1998

Scope and Content Note

16 items: 9 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, and a photograph of a drawing from the collection of Mrs. Murray Danforth. Correspondence concerning attribution of several artworks to Rubens. Thaw writes on Michael Jaffé's work on Rubens's tapestries, specifically on Jaffé's interpretation of an allegory of Virtues. Held expresses his opinion about the art historian Bernard Berenson. Thaw's letters are annotated by Held. Also included are copies of Held's letters from 1992 to Margarete Kühn, curator at Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin and to the conservator Phebe Dent Weil, concerning restoration of Andreas Schlüter's equestrian statue of the Great Elector.

box 7, folder 11

Tietze, Hans, (also Erica and Andreas Tietze), 1944-1960, undated

Scope and Content Note

43 items (51 leaves): letters to Held, including 22 from Hans Tietze, 12 from Erica Tietze, and 3 from Andreas Tietze, Hans Tietze's unpublished manuscript on art experts, and a note by Held. The letters provide insight into Hans and Erica Tietze's scholarly activites, travel and their personal relationship to Held and his wife. Frequently mentioned is Erica Tietze's manuscript on suicide in art. Hans Tietze seeks Held's opinion regarding artwork by Rubens, Jacob Jordaens and Baldung, and writes about a collection of European paintings and drawings in Notre Dame, Indiana. He mentions the significance of Erica Tietze's research on Michelangelo's Medici Chapel. Included is Held's correspondence from 1984 with Susanne Gerold in Vienna concerning her interest in researching Hans Tietze's estate.

box 7, folder 12

Tietze, Hans (Festschrift), 1949-1952

Scope and Content Note

7 items: letters from Gustav Glück to Held and to Ernst Gombrich, Held's letter to Glück, and letters to Held from Emil Kaufmann and Carl Nordenfalk. Correspondence concerning the scholars' involvement with the Hans Tietze Festschrtift. Also present is an extensively annotated letter from Held to Otto Loewi concerning Loewi's essay for the Festschrift.

box 7, folder 13

Stighelen, Katlijne van der, 1992-1993

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 2 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Correspondence rich in detail related to both scholars' research on Anthony van Dyck and Cornelis de Vos. With several references to recent publications on both artists.

box 7, folder 14

Varshavskaia, M. IA., undated

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Mariia Varshavskaia concerning photographs of artwork by Johann Georg Platzer at the Hermitage. Varshavskaia writes about her forthcoming catalog of Rubens, and questions the Rubens attribution of a portrait painting [ Bildnis einer alten Dame].

box 7, folder 15

Veldman, Ilja M., 1990-1993

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held comments on Veldman's essays on the iconographic and stylistic development in Dutch art, mainly by Hendrik Goltzius, published in Simiolus and Netherlands kunsthistorish Jaarboek .

box 7, folder 16

Vergara, Lisa, 1979-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

13 items: 5 letters to Held, including 1 from Jan Kelch at Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz Gemäldegalerie in Berlin concerning Lisa Vergara's research of Rubens's landscape paintings, 3 letters from Held, and notes by Held. Correspondence concerning Vergara's dissertation and her research on Rubens and van Dyck.

box 7, folder 17

Veronee-Verhaegen, Nicole, 1949-1995

Scope and Content Note

13 items: 11 letters to Held, and Veronee-Verhaegen's note regarding Archives de Furnes [Veurne]. Veronee-Verhaegen writes about her professional and personal life. She also relates details concerning art exhibitions in Europe and auction sales of paintings by Flemish artists. Included is a photocopy of a 1956 letter from Edith Greindl to Veronee-Verhaegen's father Etienne concerning the provenance of a painting attributed to Jan Fyt and Paul de Vos.

box 7, folder 18

Vey, Horst, 1953-1996

Scope and Content Note

15 items (16 leaves): 9 letters and a postcard to Held, and 4 letters from Held. Vey writes about his various publishing activities and Rubens' painting Wunderbarer Fischzug. Both scholars exchange their opinion about Wolfgang Adler's work on landscape paintings by Rubens and Michael Jaffé's attribution of Cardiff cartoons. Vey also writes about the Rubens sketch Negro heads [Four studies of a male head] at the J. Paul Getty Museum; and the drawings St. Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy and Madonna and Child with Angels [by van Dyck?]. Several letters concern the attribution of several drawings to Jan Wildens.

box 7, folder 19

Vlieghe, Hans, 1971-1999

Scope and Content Note

17 items: 11 letters to Held, and 6 letters from Held. Correspondence rich in detail regarding artwork by Flemish artists, including Rubens, Gaspar de Crayer, Johannes Boekhorst, Jan van den Hoecke, Erasmus II Quellinus, Artus Quellinus, Cornelis de Vos, and also 18th century Flemish painting. Vlieghe mentions his work on Rubens's Saints for Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, and comments on Michael Jaffé's attribution of Cardiff cartoons to Rubens.

box 7, folder 20

Volk, Mary Crawford, 1979-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

7 letters (8 leaves) to Held. Volk seeks Held's opinion about Rubens's relationship to Titian and the role of copies after Southern Renaissance artists in Rubens's work. She also mentions her manuscript on the collection of the Marquis of Leganes and her work on a drawing of Arundel at the Gardner Museum.

box 7, folder 21

Voss, Hermann, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 item: a poem entitled Die Ballade von der "Kunstchronik".

box 7, folder 22

Walsh, John, 1966-1999

Scope and Content Note

51 items (64 leaves): 28 letters to Held, 15 letters from Held, notes, a typescript annotated by Held, press articles, a postcard with a photograph by Alexander Vertikoff, and a color family photograph of John Walsh. The letters are rich in scholarly information concerning artwork by Rubens and other artists acquired by Walsh for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and for the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu. They also provide insight into Held's consulting activities for the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mentioned is Held's letter from 1972 to J. Paul Getty regarding a painting by Allori; [see correspondence with J. Paul Getty in Box 2, F. 30, and with David Jaffé in Box 3, F. 23]. Walsh writes about his visit to Holland in 1966, and presents to Held a detailed outline for his dissertaion on Jan and Julius Porcellis. Both scholars exchange their views on Michael Jaffé's disputed attributions of drawings to Jacob Jordaens. Held comments on Gary Schwartz's criticism of Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit. Held congratulates Walsh on the catalog of an exhibition of Sheridan Lord. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 4.]

box 7, folder 23

Warnke, Martin, 1977-1982, undated

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 3 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held mentions controversies concerning Rubens among art historians in Germany, and thanks Warnke for sending him his recent publications, including an exhibition catalog of Carl Bantzer. Warnke mentions his review of Held's book on Rubens's oil sketches for the Kunstchronik.

box 7, folder 24

Weber, Gregor J. M., 1987

Scope and Content Note

ca. 6 items (ca. 30 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence and printed matter concerning attribution and provenance of several paintings by Rubens and van Dyck. Weber relates details regarding Rubens's painting Davids Kampf mit dem Bären. Included are the 1878 auction sale catalog Galerie du Vte du Bus de Gisignies by Édouard Fétis, and the 1883 edition of the catalog of the Suermondt-Museum in Aachen [fragments, photocopies]. [Also see item filed in Box 80, F. 11.]

box 7, folder 25

Weinberg, H. Barbara (Helene Barbara), 1990-1994

Scope and Content Note

5 items (6 leaves): 3 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and a press clipping [photocopy] from the Chronicle of higher education. An exchange of opinions about recent trends in art historical methodology. Held mentions Max Dvorák, Max J. Fiedländer and Allan Wallach, and writes about his own methodological approach as an art historian.

box 7, folder 26

Welu, James A., 1984-1994

Scope and Content Note

8 items: 7 letters to Held and a photograph of a drawing after Andrea del Sarto in the collection of the Worcester Art Museum. Welu thanks Held for Swedish books donated to the Worcester Art Museum. He also seeks Held's opinion concerning the attribution of artwork to Anthony van Dyck and the workshop of Jan van Hemessen. He also mentions an oral history project on Held at the Getty REsearch Institute. [See also correspondence with Worcester Art Museum filed in Box 15, F. 19.]

box 7, folder 27

White, Christopher, 1955-1994, undated

Scope and Content Note

14 items: 10 letters to Held, 4 letters from Held, and an undated letter from Held to Paul Gottlieb at Harry N. Abrams Inc. concerning his book 17th and 18th century art . Correspondence concerning artwork by Rubens and van Dyck, and the attribution of Dutch and Flemish drawings in the collection of the British Museum. Also discussed is the reissue of Held's book 17th and 18th century art .

box 7, folder 28

Wilkin, Karen, 1980-1998, undated

Scope and Content Note

18 items (27 leaves): 14 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and an offprint of Wilkin's essay on Rubens from The New Criterion. Wilkin writes about her publications and research on contemporary Canadian art, including the catalogue raisonné of work by Jack Bush. She mentions her books on Stuart Davis, Cézanne and Giorgio Morandi, her visits to art exhibitions, lecturing and workshop activities, and travel. Held comments on Wilkin's book on Cezanne and her review of an exhibition of Lovis Corith.

box 8

Matthias Winner - Jürgen Zimmer

box 8, folder 1

Winner, Matthias, 1978, 1986

Scope and Content Note

3 items (5 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning drawings by Rubens. Held comments extensively on Winner's and Mielke's catalog raisonné.

box 8, folder 2

Wittkower, Rudolf, 1965-1990

Scope and Content Note

8 items: 1 letter to Held, and 2 letters from Held, including 1 to George [?] concerning teaching art history at Barnard College. With a frequent mention of Bill Hinkle. Also included are 3 letters from Margot Wittkower to Held, in which she writes about her editing work on Collected essays of Rudolf Wittkower . Also present are 2 letters to Held from Mario Witt from Libreria Leo S. Olschki in Florence, and a photograph of a drawing.

box 8, folder 3

Wohl, Alice Sedgwick, 1993, undated

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning Wohl's interpretation of Caravaggio's painting Calling of St. Matthew .

box 8, folder 4

Wolf, Emile E. 1967-1992

Scope and Content Note

32 items (33 leaves): 19 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Also included are: a copy of Wolf's letter to J. Bolten at the Prentenkabinet der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden concerning a Dutch genre painting depicting a scene from a Jewish ghetto; a copy of a letter to Wolf from Justus Müller Hofstede concerning artwork from Wolf's collection; a color slide of a drawing by Rembrandt; 7 photographs of artwork by Rembrandt, Watteau, Greuze, Johann Rottenkammer, Jan Bruegel the Elder, Carl van Loo, and other artists. Wolf's letters are rich in detail concerning paintings and drawings in his collection. With a mention of David Farmer, Konrad Oberhuber, and Wolfgang Prohaska. [See also items filed in Box 63, F. 15.]

box 8, folder 5

Wolf, Robert Erich, and Ronald Forysth Millen, 1985-1994, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 90 items (ca. 110 leaves): ca. 35 letters to Held from Wolf and Millen, and ca. 12 letters from Held. Also present is Held's correspondence with Eric van Tassel at the Princeton University Press, Dustin Wees at the Clark Art Institute and Charles Scribner. Included is a letter from Wolf to Deborah Marrow concerning her review of Wolf's and Millen's book on Rubens's Medici cycle. Also present is printed matter, including a photocopy of the manuscript Painting in the Low Countries (with poems by Wolf and drawings by Millen), 2 printed sheets with texts by various authors translated by Wolf and illustrated by Millen, a photocopy of a drawing by Millen after Rubens, and several notes by Held. Extensive correspondence concerning Held's review of Millen's and Wolf's manuscript for their book Heroic deeds and mystic figures and the publishing process at the Princeton University Press. The letters are also rich in detail related to Wolf's and Millen's research on Rubens's Medici cycle. Wolf's letters provide insight into his translation work and book collecting activities. [See related correspondence filed in Box 12, F. 14.]

box 8, folder 6

Wood, Jeremy, 1989-1997

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11 items: 8 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and an offprint of Wood's essay on Rubens and Rembrandt. Both scholars discuss the attribution of various artworks to van Dyck, Rubens, and Abraham van Diepenbeeck. Wood frequently comments on publications by other art historians, including Sir Oliver Millar's study Van Dyck in England and Felice Stampfle's book on Netherlandish and Flemish drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Wood also writes about his scholarly work, mainly his essay on a drawing of Mucius Scaevola in the British Museum, and on reproductive prints.

box 8, folder 7

Wright, Virginia, 1965-1998, undated

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12 items (16 leaves): 5 letters to Held, 6 letters from Held, and 1 letter to Wright from Jean T. Palmer. The letters include discussions about collecting of artwork and connoisseurship. Wright writes about her travel activities, including her visit to the Getty Center in 1998.

box 8, folder 8

Wulc, Stanley S., 1983

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4 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held regarding Held's visit by Wulc, 1 leaf of printed text by Wulc about his still-life photographs, and a press clipping of Gene Thornton's article about Wulc's photographic work.

box 8, folder 9

Zimmer, Jürgen, 1964, 1980, 1988

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6 letters to Held. Professional correspondence concerning Zimmer's research on Joseph Heintz the Elder. Zimmer inquires about a photograph of a drawing attributed to Hans von Aachen. With a mention of Hendrik van Balen.

Series I.B. Occasional professional correspondence, 1926-1999

Physical Description: 1.26 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

This subseries comprises occassional correspondance with art history scholars, graduate students and former students at Barnard College, private collectors, editors and other staff at art magazines and publishing houses, curatorial and administrative museum staff, artists, and others. The topics include commentary on books and essays by Held or other scholars; Held's publishing and lecturing activities; requests for photo reprints, offprints, or slides; congratulatory and thank-you letters; and solicitations for financial support or sponsorship. Letters to Held are frequently marked with the date and context of his reply, several are annotated.

box 9

Roya Abouzia - Cockie Hyde

box 9, folder 1

Roya Abouzia - Günter Aust

Abouzia, Roya, 1995

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1 letter to Held from a graduate student at McGill University.

Abrams, Ann Uhry, 1979

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1 letter to Held.

Abrams, George S., 1964

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1 letter to Held from the law firm Winer, Abrams & Hershfang, Boston, MA.

Adams, Pauline DeHaart, 1972

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1 letter to Held from the registrar at Seattle Art Musem.

Adhémar, Jean, 1968

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1 letter from Held to the art conservator at Bibliothèque nationale in Paris.

Adler, Irving, 1993-1997

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4 items: 2 letters to Held, and 2 letters from Held.

Ainsworth, Maryan Wynn, 1993

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2 items: 1 letter to Held from Ainsworth at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and 1 letter from Held. Held comments on Ainsworth's research of early Netherlandish painting and Dieric Bouts's Virgin and Child.

Alhadeff, Albert, 1990

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1 letter to Held from art history teacher at University of Colorado at Boulder.

Allentuck, Marcia, 1965-1968

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6 letters to Held concerning Allentuck's research on Henry Fuseli.

Anderson, Kathleen, 1983

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6 letters: correspondence between Held (3 letters), staff at Lamont Library at Harvard College (Arthur Hock, Kathleen Anderson), and staff at Princeton University Press (Christine K. Ivusic, Kathy Astrue) concerning Held's book Rembrandt's Aristotle and other Rembrandt studies. Included is a carbon copy of Perry B. Cott's 1936 letter to Held.

Andres, Glenn M., 1982-1983

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3 items: 2 letters to Held from the chairman at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. and 1 letter from Held.

Appell, Thelma, undated

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1 letter to Held from the artist.

Arndt, Karl, 1968

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2 letters to Held from the art historian in Göttingen. Arndt mentions his essay on Georg Petel, and comments on Held's essay on Rubens.

Artnews, 1985

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2 letters, including 1 from Held. Correspondence with editorial staff Margaret Moorman and K. Cullen.

Art Newspaper, 1994

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2 letters, including 1 from Held.

Art Quarterly, 1968

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1 letter to Held from the editor of Art Quarterly in Detroit, MI.

Askew, Pamela, 1996

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1 letter to Held from the art historian.

Aust, Günter, 1965

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1 letter to Held from the art historian and director of Von der Heydt- Museum in Wuppertal, Germany.

Auwera, Joost van der, 1979

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1 letter to Held concerning attribution to Sebastian Vrancx of an artwork in the collection of Detroit Institute of Arts.

box 9, folder 2

L. Scott Bailey - Per Bjurström

Bailey, L. Scott, 1984

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1 letter to Held.

Bajdor, Krzysztof, 1990

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1 letter to Held in behalf of Miroslaw Slowinski. On letterhead of the Marquette University, Dept. of Chemistry, Milwaukee, WI.

Baldwin, Robert, 1985-1986

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Letterhead of Connecticut College New London, Dept. of Art History.

Barnes, Susan J., 1984

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2 items: letter to Held and 1 photograph. Concerning an oil sketch by Anthony van Dyck.

Barnet, Sylvan, 1982-1986

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9 items (16 leaves): 5 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, and a typescript by Barnet extensively annotated by Held. Correspondence concerning Barnet's book Short guide to writing about art.

Baumann, Edzard, 1972

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4 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and Baumann's text describing his travel project to Europe. Correspondence with Edzard Baumann and Jan Ostrand concerning Ostrand's research of Johannes Boekhorst.

Blumenthal, Arthur, 1979

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2 letters to Held: from Regina Rehkamp, assistant to Arthur Blumenthal and from Regina's mother Alma Schumacher Rehkamp.

Barrio, Raymond, 1965

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5 items: 2 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and printed matter. Correspondence concerning Rubens's painting Diana and her nymphs departing for the chase .

Batson, Rhoda M. , 1968

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1 letter to Held from an art history student.

Bauman, George F., 1961

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1 letter to Held asking for opinion of a painting. With a mention of the art conservator Sheldon Keck. Annotated by Held.

Baumgartner, D. W. , 1962

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1 letter to Held concerning attribution of a painting to Luca Giordano.

Bealler, Catherine, 1982

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1 letter to Held. With a mention of paintings by Jacob Jordaens and Rubens at Noortman & Brod.

Beck, Martha, 1983, undated

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2 items: 1 letter to Held from the director of the Drawing Center in New York, and a reply from Held.

Becker, David P., 1979

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3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 illustration. Correspondence concerning a drawing by Jan Goeree.

The Bennington Banner, 1992, 1994

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2 items (4 leaves): 1 letter to Held from the editor, and 1 letter from Held. Concerning Countess Carla [Karolina?] Lanckoronska.

The Bennington Museum, 1971

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1 letter (2 leaves) to Held from Richard Carter Barret, director and curator of Bennington Museum. With a mention of a painting by Allori.

Bentley, Leonard H., 1978

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4 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 letters and an invoice from Held. Correspondence with Foster, Bentley & Associates in London concerning a painting by Anthony van Dyck.

Berger, Robert W., 1982

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5 items: 2 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and illustrated matter. Correspondence concerning the connection between a Brussels tapestry and Rubens. With a mention of John Walsh. Annotated by Held.

Berman, Avis, 1983

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3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning Berman's article for Artnews.

Bernard, Herbert C., 1962-1963

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4 items: 1 letter and a note to Held, 1 letter from Held, and photograph of a drawing by Guardi.

Bjurström, Per, 1968 , undated

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2 letters to Held. Concerning drawings in Swedish collections attributed to Jacob Jordaens.

box 9, folder 3

Albert Blankert - Wesley M. Burnside

Blankert, Albert, 1992

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3 items: 1 postcard to Held, 1 letter from Held, and printed matter. Correspondence concerning Blankert's essay for the exhibition catalog Rembrandt och hans tid.

Blom, Benjamin, 1966-1967

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5 items (8 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Held comments on Alan A. Tait's essay for the reprint edition of Rubens' book Palazzi di Genova .

Blunt, Anthony, 1965

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1 thank-you letter to Held.

Boeckl, Christine Maria, 1984

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3 items: 1 letter to Held from an art history student at Maryland University in Bethesda, MD, 1 letter from Held, and illustration of an altar painting by Daniel Gran. Annotated by Held.

Bonfante, Larissa, 1996-1997

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5 items: 3 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence concerning Bonfante' essay on Margarete Bieber issued in Women as interpreters of the visual arts, 1820-1979 .

Boskovits, Miklós, 1988

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2 letters to Held concerning a panel painting representing St. Peter Martyr in a private collection in Ferrara. Letterhead of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy. Annotated by Held.

Braham, Helen, 1989

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1 letter to Held from Helen Braham at Courtauld Institute Galleries in London concerning a sketch by Anthony van Dyck and an engraving by Pieter de Bailliu.

Braman, Mary, 1969

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1 letter (2 leaves) to Held. Braman expresses interest in writing a dissertation on Abraham Janssens.

Brand Philip, Lotte, 1979

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2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence rich in detail concerning Philipp's research on Albrecht Dürer. Annotated by Held. [See also Held's correspondence with Meyer Schapiro filed in Box 6, F. 16.]

Branner, Robert, 1954

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1 letter to Held. Branner comments extensively on Panofsky's lecture "Gothic architecture and scholasticism".

Brendel, Maria Lydia, 1982

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1 letter to Held. Brendel writes about her work translating essays by Otto Brendel.

Brochagen, Ernst, 1967

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1 letter to Held. Letterhead of Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz Staatliche Museen Gemäldegalerie.

Brod, Alfred, 1972-1973

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3 letters (4 leaves) to Held from the Brod Gallery (Julia Kraus, Alfred Brod and C. Frances H. Crabtree) regarding photographs of artwork by Rubens.

Broeck, Paul van den, 1971

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1 letter to Held from Paul van den Broeck in Puerto Rico concerning a painting by Jan Bruegel.

Brown, Robert F., 1986-1991

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2 letters to Held regarding the interest expressed by Archives of American Art in preserving Held's papers and correspondence.

Büchler, Alfred, 1982-1983

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5 items (9 leaves): 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, Büchler's letter to Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr., and illustrated and printed matter. Büchler writes extensively on his research of the martyrdom of St. Hippolytus and Brunehaut, and the theme of cruel punishment in the Middle Ages.

Burnside, Wesley M., 1980-1982

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3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence concerning a painting attributed to Rubens.

box 9, folder 4

Ann W. Campbell - Kenneth Craig

Campbell, Ann W., 1995

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1 letter to Held.

Campbell, J. Duncan, 1991

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1 letter from Held.

Canaday, John, 1972

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1 letter from Held to the art critic at New York Times.

Cannon-Brookes, Peter, 1980

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1 letter to Held from the keeper of art at National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, Scottland.

Capers, Bobby, 1983

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the jazz musician on the concept of Virtues and Vices in theology and art.

Capon, Moyra, 1979

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1 letter from Held to Apollo in London concerning his review of J. Richard Judson's and Carl van de Velde's volume of Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard.

Carter, David GIles, 1956-1980

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2 letters to Held. Carter mentions a painting by Roelant Savery at John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis and paintings by Rubens and Rembrandt at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Cazort, Mimi, 1997

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1 letter to Held. Cazort mentions drawings by Adolph Menzel and Max Liebermann.

Cerf, Walter, 1982

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1 congratulatory letter to Held.

Chandler, John W., 1980

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1 letter to Held from Williams College Museum in Williamstown, MA.

Chappell, Miles L., 1979-1984

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8 items (9 leaves): 5 letters to Held, including 4 from Chappell at College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA and 1 from Eric Zafran at Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1 letter from Held, and printed matter. Correspondence concerning mainly Chappell's research on Cristoforo Allori.

Chastel, André, 1977

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1 letter to Held from Chastel at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

Châtelet-Lange, Liliane, 1976

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1 letter to Held regarding a drawing of Hercules by Rubens.

Chittick, K. A., 1968

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1 letter to Held concerning a copy after Correggio's La Zingarella . With Held's reply.

Chomer, Gilles, 1979

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1 letter to Held concerning Chomer's research on Jacques Stella.

Ciechanowiecki, Andrzej S., 1968

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1 letter from Held regarding a bust by Francis Chantrey.

Clark, Anthony M., 1968

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1 letter to Held from the director of Minneapolis Institute of Arts concerning an artwork by Jacob Jordaens.

Clark, Richard (Dick) A., 1987

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2 letters to Held from the artist. Clark writes about the magazine the Nation, and the American artist John Koch. One letter incomplete, only 1 page is present in the archive.

Cleaver, Margaret Ann, 1972

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4 items (5 leaves): 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph of a portrait painting. Correspondence with Cleaver from Circulating Library of Paintings in New York concerning attribution of a painting to Rembrandt.

Clements, Candace, 1982

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, NE concerning Rubens' painting Decius Mus consulting the soothsayers .

Clinton, Donald, 1986?

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1 letter to Held from the architect. Clinton mentions several of his architectural projects.

Coffin, David R., 1960

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1 letter from Held. Held comments on an essay by Philipp P. Fehl.

Cohen, Patrick, 1960

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1 letter to Held.

Colby, Barbara H., 1998

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1 letter to Held (2 leaves) from a former student.

Cole, Malvine, 1991

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2 items: 1 letter from Held and 1 letter to Held. Held comments on Cole's article on Martha Graham in the Bennington Banner. He also mentions Twyla Tharp and Laurie Anderson.

Colin, Ralph F., 1980

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2 letters to Held from Art Dealers Association of America. With a mention of Ripon College.

Collins, Christiane C., 1993

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1 personal letter to Held from the widow of George Collins.

Connell, David P., 1987

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2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with a student at University of Leeds, England concerning current location and Rubens attribution of a painting from the collection of Temple Newsam.

Conway, Robert P., 1996

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding attribution of a Lamentation painting to Jacob Jordaens.

Cook, Walter, 1960

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1 letter to Held concerning Barbara Rose's master's thesis on Dutch and Flemish painters in Spain.

Copeland, Edward, 1982-1985

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2 letters to Held from the English literature scholar at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.. Copeland mentions his essay on Rubens and John Dryden.

Corcoran, James I. W., 1994

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1 letter to Held from the fine arts advisor at Mildred Andrews Fund in Cleveland, OH. Corcoran mentions Triumph of death by Pieter Bruegel the Younger.

Craig, Kenneth, 1973

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1 letter from Held. Held comments extensively on Craig's essay on Rembrandt's painting Slaughtered ox.

box 9, folder 5

Melissa Dabakis - Duke University Press

Dabakis, Melissa, 1982

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1 letter to Held from a graduate student at Boston University regarding her research on Saul Baizerman.

Dangremond, Mary, 1927

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1 letter to Held from the wife of David Dangremond from Old Lyme, CT.

Davis, Deane C., 1972

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. With a mention of Louis A. Ferré.

Davis, Mary M., 1968

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1 letter to Held from Samuel H. Kress Foundation in New York.

Davisson, William, 1965

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2 letters (3 leaves) to Held concerning attribution of a painting to Géricault.

Delbanco, Kurt, 1998

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2 items (4 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held (2 copies) concerning a drawing by Abraham van Diepenbeeck.

Delbanco, Nicholas, 1982

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1 congratulatory letter to Held from Nicholas Delbanco from Bennington College.

Dennison, Elinor G., 1964-1965

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2 letters to Held concerning Anthony van Dyck's portrait of Jean Woverius. Annotated by Held.

Descheemaeker, Bernard, 1990

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1 letter to Held.

Detering, Klaus, 1968

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2 letters to Held from Detering at Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen, Germany regarding his thesis on Jan Massys. Attached are photographs of allegorical images.

Dickey, Stephany S., 1992

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1 letter from Held concerning a print by Uytenbogaert.

Diemer, Peter, 1981-1983

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2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding a review of Held's book Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens in the Kunstchronik.

Dittrich, Christian, 1967

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1 letter to Held from Dittrich at Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett regarding photographs of drawings by Crispin van den Broeck.

Donadio, Emmie, 1992

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1 letter to Held from the director of Middlebury College.

Donadio, Maurene, 1979

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1 letter to Held. Donadio writes about her professional career and scholarly work.

Donahue, Kenneth, 1972

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the director of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) concerning artwork in the collection of the late Howard Ahmanson.

Doris, [?], 1994

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1 letter to Held. Letterhead of Barnard College Department of Music. With a mention of Held's speech on Mosbach.

Doyle, Mary Ellen, 1996

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1 letter to Held. Doyle mentions her artwork.

Dreher, Faith Paulette, 1972

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3 items (5 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence rich in detail related to Dreher's research on David Teniers II.

Dreyer, Peter, 1992

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1 letter from Held to the art historian concerning Dreyer's research of drawings attributed to Bruegel.

Du Bon, David, 1963

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1 letter to Held from the assistant curator of decorative arts at Philadelphia Museum of Art concerning artwork by Rubens and Pietro da Cortona. Annotated by Held.

Duffy, Henry, 1989

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1 letter (2 leaves) from Held to a student at Williams College. Held comments on Duffy's research on Rubens.

Dulière, Gaston, 1967

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2 letters to Held concerning attribution of a painting to Rubens.

Duke University Press, 1966

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1 letter from Held addressed to the manager of the Duke University Press concerning printing errors in his essay on alteration and mutilation of works of art.

box 9, folder 6

David M. Ebitz - Richard Ettinghausen

Ebitz, David M., 1980

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning Ebitz's book on connoisseurship.

Eckardt, Götz, 1968-1969

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Eckhardt seeks Held's opinion on Rubens paintings in the collection of Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Potsdam-Sanssouci.

Einholz, Sibylle, 1997

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1 letter (3 leaves) to Held asking for expert opinion concerning attribution of two paintings to Rubens.

Eitner, Lorenz [?], 1962

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2 items: 1 letter to Held from University of Minnesota, College of Science, Literature, and the Arts; and 1 photograph of a print by Stefano della Bella.

Eldredge, Charles C., 1994

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2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with art history professor at University of Kansas, Kress Foundation Department of Art History. Held declines to write a letter of recommendation for Linda Stone-Ferrier due to his lack of familiarity with her research.

Elliott, Eleanor Thomas, 1977-1997, undated

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14 items (19 leaves): 12 letters to Held, including 1 postcard from the daughter of James A. Thomas; and printed matter. With annotations by Held.

Emerson, Isabelle, 1996

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2 items: a personal letter to Held and a family color photograph of Emerson. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 5.]

Ettinghausen, Richard, 1966

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2 letters to Held. Letterhead of Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art.

box 9, folder 7

Bärbel Fach - Ellen V. Futter

Fach, Bärbel, 1996-1997

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6 items: 3 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, photocopy of a cheque, and photograph of a drawing of a satyr. Correspondence with the firm Joseph Fach GmbH Galerie und Kunstantiquariat in Frankfurt concerning attibution of the drawing to Rubens. Held suggests Annibale Carracci.

Faison, S. Lane (Samson Lane), undated

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2 letters to Held. Faison mentions a Deposition painting by Rubens and a Christ mocked painting by Jacob Jordaens.

Farago, Claire J., 1991-1994

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9 items (11 leaves): 6 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Correspondence related to Farago's research on color theory and Leonardo da Vinci. Held comments extensively on Farago's unpublished essay on Leonardo's Battle of Anghiari.

Farmer, John David, 1972

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3 letters to Held from Farmer and Deirdre C. Stam at Art Institute of Chicago regarding photographs of artwork by Rubens and Held's essay for Rembrandt Symposium.

Faulds, W. Rod, undated

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1 letter to Faulds. Draft of Held's text for an exhibition of drawings from Held's private collection at Brattleboro [Museum and Art Center?].

Faunce, Sarah, 1984

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the curator at Brooklyn Museum in New York regarding the controversial attribution of a Democritus and Heraclitus painting to Rubens.

Femmel, Gerhard, 1977

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1 letter to Held concerning mainly a manuscript by Cornelius Müller Hofstede. On letterhead of Nationale Forschungs- und Gedenkstätten der Klassischen Deutschen Literatur in Weimar, Goethe-Nationamuseum.

Fenton, Barbara, 1988

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Harper & Row Junior Books Group in New York regarding errors in Let there be light .

Ferber, Linda S. 1994

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1 letter to Held from curator at Brooklyn Museum in New York.

De Fernandez-Gimenez, Elizabeth Ourusoff, 1995

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning panel paintings at Milwaukee Art Museum attributed to Master of the Joseph Sequence.

Fersen, Nicholas, 1996-1997

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2 letters to Held.

Filipczak, Zaremba, 1969-1989

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3 letters to Held. Filipczak mentions a drawing by Frans Francken and writes about her research of engravings by Philip de Mallery after drawings by Anthony van Dyck.

Fischer, Erik, 1967-1983

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4 letters to Held (5 leaves). Letterhead of the Department of Prints and Drawings, Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.

Fisher, Hermann, 1983, undated

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3 items: 2 letters to Held from the scholar in Bamberg, Germany regarding Lisette Buchholz's plan to open Persona Verlag. Also present is a copy of Lisette Buchholz's letter to Fischer in which she writes about her interest in literary and documentary texts by German anti-fascists and exiles, and mentions Willy Vogelsinger, Lily Körber, and Henry William Katz.

Fitzgerald, Martin R., 1980

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1 letter to Held from Department of Corrections in Waterbury, Vt.

Fleischman, Evelyn, 1964

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3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and a photograph. Correspondence with Dean's Office at Columbia University, College of Pharmacy regarding a portrait painting of Wilhelmina Palinc by van Heemskerck, and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds.

Floch Effland, Jenny, 1983, undated

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4 items (6 leaves): 2 letters to Held, including 1 from Otto Manley, 1 letter from Held to Jenny Floch, and Held's text about the late artist Joseph Floch. Correspondence regarding the estate of the late Mimi Floch and a book about Joseph Floch.

Floch, Mimi, 1979-1982?, undated

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3 letters (5 leaves) to Held from the widow of Joseph Floch. The 1979 letter concerns an exhibition of artwork by Joseph Floch at John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla.

Folie, Jacqueline, 1993-1998

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2 letters to Held.

Folsom, Fred, undated

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3 items: Folsom's business card inscribed to Held, and 2 leaves of printed matter about a painting attributed to Francisco Pacheco exhibited at Strathmore Hall Arts Center in North Bethesda, Md.

Forbes, Malcolm S., 1971

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1 thank-you letter to Held. Letterhead of Forbes Magazine.

Foster, Guthrie, 1984-1988, undated

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3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. With a mention of Charles Le Clair and Alfred [Foster?]. Also mentioned is the archivist Paul Sauer in Stuttgart, Germany.

Foster, Philip, 1967

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2 letters to Held from Philip Foster at Istituto Ollandese in Florence, Italy concerning Rubens's painting Hero and Leander.

Fournier-Liberton, Francis, 1937-1938

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8 items: 3 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Also included are 3 letters to Fournier-Liberton from J. van der Veken & Philippot, Galerie d'etat and from Leo Swane at Musée royal des beaux-arts in Copenhagen, and a pencil drawing. Correspondence concerning attribution of a painting titled Le sacrifice d'Isaac to Jacob Jordaens.

Fox, Judith Hoos, 1982

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1 letter to Held from a curator at Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art in Providence. Fox mentions artwork by Jan Massys, Joachim Bueckelaer, Claesz [Gerrit Claesz Bleker?], Gustave Doré, and Paul Bril [Brill]. Annotated by Held.

Franc, Helen M. (Helen Margaret), 1990-1994

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3 letters to Held. Franc relates details concerning editing the new edition of Invitation to see.

Frankfurter, Alfred M., 1956

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the editor and publisher of Art News in New York.

Fredlund, Björn, 1980

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Fredlund from Göteborgs Konstmuseum in Sweden concerning Fredlund's visit toClark Art Institute.

Friedenberg, Daniel M., 1987

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1 thank-you letter to Held from the president of John-Platt Enterprises.

Frinta, Mojmir S. (Mojmir Svatopluk), 1973

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1 letter to Held.

Futter, Ellen V., 1981-1991

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3 items: 2 letters from Held and 1 letter to Held. Held congratulates Futter to her appointment as president of Barnard College.

box 9, folder 8

Sean Gallagher - A. F. Grunwald

Gallagher, Sean, 1986

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the pianist.

Garff, Jan, 1968, 1988

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2 items: 1 letter to Held (1968) and 1 letter from Held (1988). Correspondence with Garff at Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark concerning attribution of several artworks.

Garrett, Stephen, 1982

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1 letter to Held from the director of J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, Calif.

Gatling, Eva Ingersoll, 1960, 1967

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2 letters to Held concerning a Rubens sketch at Des Moines Art Center and paintings attributed to Lucas Cranach, Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, Martino Altomonte, and Anthony van Dyck in the collection of Heckscher Museum in Huntington, Long Island.

Gealt, Adelheid M., 1985

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3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the curator at Indiana University Art Museum regarding artwork by Jacob Adriaensz Backer and Francesco Zaganelli.

Geis, Darlene, 1973

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4 items (5 leaves): 2 letters to Held from the assistant to Harry N. Abrams, 1 letter from Held, and a photocopy of a letter by Irma Grabhorn (wife of Edwin Grabhorn). Correspondence concerning the attribution of a painting to Velázques.

Gerszi, Teréz, 1967

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1 letter to Held from Szépmuvészeti Múzeum in Budapest regarding a drawing by Hans Friedrich Schorer.

Gifford, Melanie, 1979, 1999

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2 letters to Held from an art conservator.

Gillham, Carol C., 1988

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1 letter to Held from the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, N.C. regarding the attribution of an artwork to Cornelis Schut. Gillham mentions a drawing by Jan van [Johannes] Boekhorst at the National Gallery.

Glenn, Constance W., 1986

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1 letter to Held from the director of California State University, Long Beach.

Gochenour, Carol, 1979

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Brattlecoro Museum & Art Center in Brattleboro, Vt. regarding an exhibition of drawings from Held's private collection.

Goldblatt, Emily, 1994

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1 letter to Held from Goldblatt at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Golden, Martha Hester, 1965

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2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter from Held and 1 letter to Held concerning an unpublished text by Erika Tietze-Conrat.

Goldin, Judah, 1968

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1 letter to Held concerning Held's nephew Ariel Bloch.

Golffing, Francis, 1991-1992

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4 letters to Held. Golffing writes about his various research projects, including his study of iconography of Lot's wife. Annotated by Held.

Goodmann, Jonathan, 1986

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondance concerning attribution to Rembrandt of a painting Christ carrying the Crucifix, from a Peruvian collection.

Gordon, Cynthia, 1995

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with a former student of Held's at Barnard College.

Gottlieb, Carla, 1967

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1 letter to Held concerning iconography of Christ in Flemish painting and Neumeister's research on Lucas Cranach.

Grabski, Józef, 1987

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1 letter from Held concerning reprints.

Graham, F. Lanier, 1994

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1 letter from Held. Held comments on Graham's book the Search for the lost Leonardo .

Grand Union (Firm), 1991

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1 letter from Held addressed to the Manager of the Grand Union [supermarket?] in Bennington, Vt. concerning food waste.

Grayson, Marion L., 1980

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1 letter to Held from a curator at Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Grebanier, Bernard, 1966

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2 letters to Held regarding Rubens attribution of a painting owned by Consuelo U. Ford. Annotated by Held.

Griffing, Robert P., 1954-1965

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5 items: 3 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence with a curatorial consultant at Honolulu Academy of Arts regarding a painting attributed to Gerard Thomas and a drawing by Johann Liss.

Glick, Paula, 1972

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1 letter to Held from Capricorn Galleries in Bethesda, Md. asking for offprints of Held's essays.

Grunwald, A. F., 1966

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1 letter to Held asking for opinion about a portrait painting of William II Prince of Orange, attributed to van Dyck.

box 9, folder 9

Yvonne Hackenbroch - Cockie Hyde

Hackenbroch, Yvonne, 1973

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1 letter to Held regarding a portrait rendered in the manner of Juan Pantoja de la Cruz.

Hahn, Karin, 1970

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1 letter to Held from Raggi-Verlag in Zurich.

Hall, Helen B., 1950

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with a curator at University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor regarding attribution of a painting to Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder.

Halm, Peter, 1965

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1 letter to Held. Halm offers for sale a watercolour by [Johann Conrad?] Dorner. Annotated by Held.

Hamilton, George Heard, 1972-1994

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6 items (7 leaves): 2 letters from Held and 4 letters to Held. Correspondence with the director of Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. Discussed is the 1981 Monet symposium in Paris, especially David Rosand's session on the aging artist. Held's letter from 1985, April 24 is typed on verso of a letter by Diane DeGrazia at National Gallery regarding Francoise Forster-Hahn's research on Adolph Menzel.

Hartford, Huntington, 1964

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2 items: 1 letter from Held to Hartford and 1 letter to Held from Sally Merz at Gallery of Modern Art in Columbus Circle in New York.

Haug, Ingrid, 1988

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1 letter from Held and 1 letter to Held. Correspondence concerning Held's article for Reallexikon zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte.

Hausherr, Reiner, 1982

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1 letter to Held from an art history professor at Freie Universität Berlin.

Havenith family, 1993-1995

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7 items (11 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 5 letters from Held [photocopies]. Correspondence with the Havenith family (Eliane, Denise, and Alfred) in Antwerp, Belgium. Enclosed is a note from 1915 about Antwerp by Adolf Held [typed, in English].

Hawkins, Dempsey, 1994

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4 items: 2 letters to Held from a prison inmate, Held's note about Hawkins, and Held's letter to Harry N. Abrams Inc. in New York.

Hechtl, C., 1993

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1 letter to Held from a former resident of Mosbach.

Hegle, Berit, 1979

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4 items: 1 letter to Held, a copy of a letter to Hegle from Arnout Balis at Nationaal Centrum voor de Plastische Kunsten van de 16de en de 17de eeuw in Antwerp, and printed matter. Correspondence concerning the attribution of an oil sketch to Rubens.

Heinemann, Rudolf, 1965

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding copyright permission for images of paintings by [Jean -Etienne?] Liotard from Heinemann's private collection.

Heisner, Beverly, 1975-1976

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Heisner asks for a photograph of a drawing attributed to Anthony van Dyck. Her letter is annotated by Held.

Herbert, Robert L. 1968, 1977

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2 letters to Held from the charman at Yale University, Dept. of the History of Art.

Hertzsch, Walter, 1991-1992

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2 letters to Held from the editor at Seemann Velag in Leipzig. Hertzsch relates details concerning the privatization of Seeman Verlag.

Hevesi, Max, 1936

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1 letter to Held from the art dealer in Vienna, Austria regarding paintings by Jacob Jordaens. With a mention of Otto Burchart and [?] Mondschein.

Hinnant, Rick, 1983

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and a color photograph of a painting. Hinnant inquires about attribution of the painting to Rubens. Annotated by Held. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159.]

Hirsh, Sharon L., 1983-1992

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2 letters to Held and a circular from Fine Arts Department at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. With a mention of Kahren Hellersted's lecture on Rembrandt. The circular is an announcement of Peter Lukehart's appointment as director of the Trout Gallery.

Hobson, Joan, 1986

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2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Museum of Fine Arts in Boston regarding Held's participation in Braillard lectures.

Hofrichter, Frima Fox, 1980

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2 letters to Held regarding Held's advisory role in the exhibition The rise of Dutch Baroque: art in Haarlem 1585-1635 shown at Rutgers University Art Gallery. Annotated by Held.

Hofstede Müller, A. , 1984

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1 letter to Held from the widow of Cornelius Müller Hofstede regarding artwork by Oskar Begas and Paul Meyerheim owned by Held's family and its significance for the Jewish Museum in Berlin [Berlin Museum. Jüdische Abteilung].

Houser, Caroline, 1999

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1 letter to Held.

Howard, Edith, 1982

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1 letter to Held.

Hunningher, Benjamin, 1954

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1 letter to Held from the theater scholar. Hunningher writes about Jan Neuye's 1669 play De gewroke Lucretia, of Romen in vryheit. He also mentions works by Geeraert van Velsen and Dirck Pietersz Pers, including Pers's 1624 poem "Lucretia, ofte, Het beeld der eerbaerheydt".

Hunter, Sam 1960

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1 letter to Held regarding Held's services as a consultant to Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Hyde, Cockie, 1984

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1 letter to Held from former Barnard student. Hyde writes about Hyde Collection's interest in collecting art pottery and ceramics. She mentions the sculptor Toshiko Takaezu, and the ceramists Hui Ka Kwong and Bennet Bean.

box 10

Christian Adolf Isermeyer-Diane H. Russell

box 10, folder 1

Christian Adolf Isermeyer-Thomas Junker

Isermeyer, Christian Adolf, 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from the art historian at Kunstgeschichtliches Seminar, Universität Hamburg. Isermeyer refers to an oil sketch by Rubens from the Holford collection. He also mentions his research on altar paintings by Rubens, and his book on hunting scenes in Rubens's paintings.

Janson, Anthony F., 1979

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2 letters to Held from curator at Indianapolis Museum of Art concerning a painting by Jacob Jordaens.

Joho, Helmut, 1995-1997

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2 letters to Held.

Jordan, Marc, 1992

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with editor at Phaidon Press Limited in London.

Junker, Thomas, 1994

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held regarding Junker's study of the impact of Nazi ideology on bio-historical research in Germany between 1933 to 1945.

box 10, folder 2

Alice Mannheim Kaplan - Gloria Kury

Kaplan, Alice M., 1972-1995

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6 items: 1 letter to Held from Alice Manheim Kaplan, 2 letters from Held, Held's letter to Kaplan Fund in New York (Joan K. Davidson), ephemera and a press clipping. Kaplan mentions several drawings in her collection.

Kaplan, Jack, 1976

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2 items: a letter and a note from Held concerning publishing of his book on oil sketches by Rubens. With a mention of Ted [Theodore S. Amussen] Amussen at National Gallery of Art.

Kaplan, Sidney, 1964-1990

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2 letters to Held concerning Rubens's paintings Negro heads [Four studies of a male head ] and The Adoration of the Magi, and a painting titled Baigneurs by Michaël [Michiel] Sweerts. Annotated by Held.

Kaufmann, Arthur, 1964-1965

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning Brian O'Doherty's New York Times review of an exhibion held at the Barnard College.

Kaumheimer, Elizabeth, 1994

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1 letter to Held.

Kelpe, Susan E., 1980

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the editor at University of Missouri Press concerning Martin Pops' book Vermeer.

Kenendy, Ian, undated

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1 letter to Held from Simon Dickson Inc. in London.

Kent, Mrs. 1981-1984

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1 letter to Held from Mrs. Dassau Kent and 1 letter from Held. Kent relates details regarding provenance of a portrait of John of Nassau by Anthony van Dyck.

Kessler, Charles S., 1967

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3 letters to Held regarding Kessler's research on Max Beckmann.

Kettlewell, James K., 1957

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2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Kettlewell at Department of Art and Archaeology at University of Toronto concerning attribution of a drawing of St. John and Christ to Rubens. Annotated by Held.

Kisters, Friedrich, 1997

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2 items: wedding invitation with a thank-you letter to Held; and a wedding photograph.

Kieve, Rudolph, 1981

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2 items: 1 letter to Held from a former resident of Mosbach, and reply letter from Held.

Kimpel, Ben, 1987?

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4 items: 3 letters to Held, and a typescript bibliography of Kimpel's works. Annotated by Held.

Kirby, Peggy Jo D., 1962

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1 letter to Held from the registrar at North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh concerning a landscape painting attributed to Rembrandt. With a mention of the artist [Hercules?] Seghers and the art historian Otto Benesch.

Kissinger, Henry, 1985

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1 letter from Held to Henry Kissinger in New York. Held mentions donating his family papers to the Leo Baeck Institute.

Klessmann, Rüdiger, 1983-1992

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3 items (6 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence concerning attribution of several landscape paintings to Rembrandt, [Hercules?] Seghers and Joose de Momper. Klessmann invites Held to a symposium at Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig.

Klosty, Mack G., 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

Koch, Georg Friedrich, 1982

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1 letter to Held regarding Held's withdrawal from participation in the 18th Deutscher Kunsthistorikertag in Kassel.

Koch, Robert A., 1979

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1 letter to Held from the art historian.

Koslow, Susan Rosen, 1980

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1 item: a wedding announcement inscribed by Koslow who mentions her interest in Flemish paintings of animals.

Kostyshyn, Stephen J., 1986-1987

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4 items (11 leaves): 3 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Concerning Kostyshyn's research on Peeter Baltens [Peeter Baltens alias Custodis of Antwerp]. In his letter from 21 Oct. 1986 Kostyshyn extensively describes his research on Baltens (8 leaves). With a mention of a painting by Bruegel at Hampton Court.

Kouwenhoven, Gerrit, 1993

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1 letter to Held from the son of John Kouwenhoven; added in handwriting to Catherine H. Capen's letter to Held. Capen writes about the progress of her mentally retarded sister and thanks Held for his financial support.

Kouwenhoven, John Atlee, 1980-1988

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9 letters to Held (10 leaves).

Krempel, León, 1996

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1 letter to Held concerning a painting by Pieter Verelst in the Rusche collection [Sammlung Rusche].

Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1979-1980

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3 items: 2 letters to Held from Mary M. Davis at the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning the foundation's financial support to Held.

Kropik, E., 1977-1979

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3 items (4 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 2 letters from Held, including 1 to the firm Antiquitäten Ernst Kunsthaus am Theater in Saarbrücken. Correspondence regarding attribution of a painting to Anthony van Dyck or to Rubens.

Kropik, Heinz, 1985

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held concerning two paintings by Rubens.

Kühn, Margarete, 1965-1968

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2 letters to Held concerning his essays issued in Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte .

Kunin, Madeleine, 1996, undated

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2 items: a letter from Held and a card from Kunin.

Kunz, Armin, 1991

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1 letter to Held regarding Kunz's art history studies in Berlin and his research of Lucas Cranach.

Kuretsky, Susan Donahue, 1981-1982

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4 items: 2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Kuretsky invites Held to give a lecture on Rembrandt at Vassar College.

Kurtz, Mary Solimena, 1983

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the collage artist regarding promotion of her artwork.

Kury, Gloria, 1982

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from a student at Vassar College concerning Luca Signorelli's painting Court of Pan. Extensively annotated by Held.

box 10, folder 3

Mary Ellen Lalli - Bridget G. Lyons

Lalli, Mary Ellen, 1986

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding attribution of a painting to Rubens.

Lamas, Luis R., 1972

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5 items (8 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Correspondence regarding attribution of a painting titled Judgment of Paris to Rubens. Annotated by Held.

Landau, David, 1983

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2 letters to Held from the art historian.

Lanes, Jerrold, 1964-1965

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7 items (11 leaves): 3 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. With photocopies. Lanes asks Held to write two books on Northern Renaissance painting and graphic arts.

Laskin, Myron, 1967

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1 letter to Held regarding Held's opinion of an artwork.

Lauts, Jan, 1964, 1986

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2 letters to Held from Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Lauts mentions his acquisition of a painting by Cornelis van Dalem.

Lawrence, Cynthia, 1987

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1 letter to Held concerning her research on the tomb of bishop Michaël Ophovius in St. Paul church, Antwerp.

Leahy, Patrick J., 1991

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1 letter from Held to Senator Leahy protesting against national draft for military service.

Lee, Natalie H., 1995

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1 letter to Held concerning the painting Allegory of folly by Massys.

Lee, Sherman E., 1965

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1 letter to Held from the director of Cleveland Museum of Art concerning Raymond Barrio's article issued in Art and Architecture.

Leemans, Hertha, 1968

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1 letter to Held with a photocopy of Held's reply on verso. Leemans relates details regarding her work on an inventory of Saint Gummarus church in Lier, especially the artwork by Crispin van den Broeck and Cornelis van der Geest.

Leo, Jane S., 1979

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1 letter to Held regarding a drawing attributed to Paul Bril at William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Mo.

Lewine, Carol, 1979

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1 letter to Held.

Licht, Ira, 1979

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3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence with the director of Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables, Fla. Included are Held's commentary on paintings and sculptures in the collection of Claire Mendel, and a checklist of the artwork extensively annotated by Held.

Liebaers, Herman, 1972, 1994

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held.

Fürst von Liechtenstein, 1966

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held asking for permission to see oil sketches by Rubens in the collection of the House of Liechtenstein.

Limouze, Dorothy, 1989

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1 letter to Held. Limouze mentions her essay on Aegidius Sadeler and the relation of imitation theory to reproductive engraving. Annotated by Held.

Lindsay, Kenneth C., 1965

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2 letters to Held from the chairman of Art History Department at Harpur College in Binghampton, N.Y. regarding lectures.

Lisser, Carolyn de, 1983

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2 letters to Held. De Lisser mentions a painting attributed to Artus Wolfert.

Löffler, Fritz, 1963

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1 letter from Held to the author of Das alte Dresden. Held mentions watercolors of Dresden signed C. G. Hammer [Christian Gottlob Hammer?] in his private collection.

Lohse, Bruno, 1965-1967

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2 letters to Held concerning publishing artwork by Johann Georg Platzer in Held's private collection in Kindlers Malerei Lexikon.

Lombaerde-Fabri, Ria and Piet, 1982

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1 letter to Held. With a mention of a terracotta portrait of Peiresc.

Loridan, Marie Louise, 1984

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

Lovell, Ellen McCulloch, 1993

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1 thank-you letter to Held.

Lücke, Hans-Karl, 1980

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1 letter to Held from the chairman of Department of Fine Art at University of Toronto regarding an honorarium.

Lukehart, Peter M., 1996

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1 letter to Held from the director of Trout Gallery at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.

Luksus, Tzaims, 1996-1997

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6 items (19 leaves): 2 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, printed matter, and draft of Luksus's essay on Bronzino and Allori (14 leaves), annotated by Held.

Lyons, Bridget Gellert, 1980

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2 items: 1 letter from Held and a postcard to Held, extensively annotated by Held on verso. Held comments on a paper by Patricia Meyer on "Stuart masques".

box 10, folder 4

Thomas J. McCormick - Neil MacLaren

McCormick, Thomas J. (Thomas Julian), 1968-1983

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4 letters to Held from professor of art history at Wheaton College in Nortoin, Mass.

McIntosh, Dick, 1986

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1 letter to Held.

McKee, Lucie, 1993?

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1 item: poetic text titled "Seamstress". Annotated by Held.

McKendry, John J., 1972

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning drawings by Jan Goeree reproduced in engraving in François Jacques Deseine's book Beschryving van oud en niew Rome (Amsterdam, 1704) and on the title page of Acta Germanica.

MacKintosh, Millicent, undated

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1 letter to Held.

MacLaren, Neil, 1973

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Sotheby & Co. in London regarding a Rubens sketch.

box 10, folder 5

Maddalena - Lily Milroy

Maddalena [?], 1993

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held. In French. Photocopy.

Mackor, Adri, 1996-1999

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ca. 11 items (22 leaves): 2 letters and 1 postcard to Held ,1 letter from Held, photocopy of Mackor's essay on Marinus van Reymerswaele's Tax collectors , and illustrated matter. Correspondence concerning Mackor's dissertation on the Dutch painter Marinus van Reymerswaele.

Mallory, Nina A., 1968-1995

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3 letters to Held.

Mandel, Marianna and Daniel, 1980

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1 letter to Held.

Manley, Otto, 1980-1983

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3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and printed matter (brochure of an exhibition of artwork by Joseph Floch at Galerie Würthle in Vienna in 1981).

Mann, Dena K., 1999

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1 letter from Dena Kranowitz Mann, a former student of Held at Barnard College.

Maroger, Jacques, 1952

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1 letter to Held regarding Ajax et Cassandre by Rubens.

Marrow, James H., 1981

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6 items: 3 letters to Marrow from E. de Jongh from Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, J. Bruyn from Kunsthistorisch Instituut der Universiteit van Amsterdam, and from Held; 1 letter to Held from Marrow; and 2 color photographs. Scholarly exchange concerning a 15th century engraving.

Mashek, Joseph, 1973

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1 letter to Held.

Mayer, Ben, 1987, 1994

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2 letters to Held.

Mayer, Reinhard, 1995

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Mayer writes about restoration of paintings. His letter is annotated by Held.

Mayer-Meintschel, Annaliese, 1996

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1 letter to John Walsh at the J. Paul Getty Museum, with added text addressed to Held.

Mehnert, Karl-Heinz, 1968

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2 letters to Held concerning a drawing attributed to Jacob Jordaens in the collection of Museum der bildenden Künste zu Leipzig.

Melion, Walter S., 1993

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3 items (16 leaves): 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and Melion's paper "Self-Imaging and Virtu in Hendrick Goltzius's Pietá of 1598" (typescript) given at Historians of Netherlandish Art Conference in Boston.

Mende, Mathias, 1988

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning Mende's research on forgeries of Dürer letters [fiktive Dürer-Briefe].

Internationale Mendelsohn-Stiftung e.V., 1996

Scope and Content Note

1 thank-you letter to Held.

Menten, D., 1973

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4 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 color slide. Correspondence rich in detail concerning Menten's collection of paintings, especially artwork by Peter Lely and Anthony van Dyck.

Middendorf, John William, 1967, 1976

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3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding two paintings by Frans Hals and a Rembrandt portrait offered by Middendorf to the J. Paul Getty Museum. Held expresses his opinion about a painting by Abraham Dircks Santvoort.

Milkovich, Michael, 1979, undated

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding several artworks at Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tenn.

Miller, Gillian, 1992

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1 letter from Held to the editor of Alumni Chronicle at Southern Vermont College regarding proper usage of Latin language.

Milroy, Lily, 1979, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. Milroy writes about her various research projects. Annotated by Held.

box 10, folder 6

Albert P. de Mirimonde - Mary L. Meyers

Mirimonde, Albert P. de, 1979

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2 letters to Held regarding drawings by Theodoor van Thulden.

Mitchell, George J., 1994

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3 items (19 leaves): 1 letter from Held, 1 letter to Held, and 1 offprint (photocopy, 17 leaves). Correspondence with Senator Mitchell regarding a transcript of the "Joint hearings on the Iran-contra investigation", testimony of Oliver L. North, from July 13, 1987.

Mitsch, Erwin, 1978

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning drawings in Graphische Sammlung Albertina. Annotated by Held.

Moffitt, John F. (John Francis), 1974

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3 items (7 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Scholarly discussion concerning 17th century art in Spain, particularily paintings by Velázques, and the emblematic meaning of 17th century Dutch art.

Molen, Joh. R. ter, 1979

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the curator at Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam regarding a drawing attributed to Hans von Aachen. Also discussed is Molen's work on the Dutch goldsmith Paulus van Vianen.

De Montebello, Philippe, 1983

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1 letter to Held. With a mention of Walter Liedtke and the painting Quintus Fabius Maximus.

Moore, John, 1982

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1 letter (3 leaves) to Held from John Moore at Department of Biology at University of California, Riverside.

Moyse, Blanche, 1960

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1 thank-you letter to Held.

Jaki Mozetic, Barbara, 1994

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2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the curator of paintings at National Gallery in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Held declines her invitation to contribute to the Festschrift for Ksenija Rozman.

Muller, Jeff, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Muller writes about his scholarly work and reviewing books by other art historians, mainly of Lisa Vergara's book on Rubens. The verso of Held's letter is a photocopy of three late 19th/early 20th century photographs showing unidentified sitters: a young boy, a young man, and a group of three children. One of the photographs is inscribed in German in Sütterlin.

Mundy, James, 1973

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning Mundy's essay on the Martyrdom of St. Hippolitus.

Munhall, Edgar, 1973, 1986, undated

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4 items (7 leaves): 1 letter from Held, 2 letters to Held, and 2 notes by Held. Correspondence concerning B.P.J. [Bernardus Petrus Jozef] Broos' essay on Rembrandt's painting known as the Polish rider.

Myers, Mary L., 1998

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2 items (3 leaves): a letter and a postcard to Held from the art historian. Myers mentions an unidentified drawing and her essay on Christoffel Jegher.

box 10, folder 7

Christian Michael Nebehay - Isa North-Hunningher [?]

Nebehay, Christian Michael, 1972

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1 letter from Held to the art dealer in Vienna. Held mentions a drawing by Koloman Moser.

Neff, Terry Ann R., 1974-1995

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10 items (16 leaves): 5 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, Neff's curriculim vitae, and a family photograph. Personal correspondence. Neff also details her professional career.

Néger, Jean, 1964

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3 letters to Held. Néger seeks Held's opinion regarding an artwork attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger or Thomas [Tobias?] Stimmer.

Nemlich, Keith, 1994

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2 letters (3 leaves) to Held. Nemlich writes about his research on Rubens, and details his professional career.

Neubauer, Darle and Jost, 1987

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1 letter to Held.

Neumeyer, Peter F., 1994

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1 letter to Held from the son of the German actor Alfred Neumeyer.

Nevins, John P., 1985, undated

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4 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, photocopy of Cornelis Hofstede de Groot's statement authenticating a portrait painting by Michiel van Miereveld, and printed matter concerning a landscape painting by George Michel.

Newton, H. Travers, 1987-1991

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4 items: 3 letters from Newton to Held, and a letter to Newton from Hans Vlieghe at Nationaal Centrum voor de Plastische Kunsten van de XVIde en XVIIde Eeuw in Antwerp.

The New York Times, 1958

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1 letter (2 leaves, carbon copy): Held comments on a New York Times obituary for Max J. Friedländer.

Nieuwenhuis, Eric Domela, 1996

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1 letter to Held regarding a seal on a painting by Paulus Moreelse at Ponce Art Museum.

Nichols, Lawrence W., 1992

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3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning Hans Jantzen's article on Jan Gossaert and Hendrik Goltzius published in 1911 in Monatshefte.

Nicklos, Gordon E., 1963

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2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding a painting attributed to David Teniers.

Nicolson, Benedict, 1968-1973

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3 letters to Held from Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd. in London regarding various reviews by Held.

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1979-1984

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3 letters (5 leaves) to Held.

Niklasch, Eva, 1986

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1 letter to Held from Heilbronn, Germany regarding Wolf Manasse. With a mention of a book on Jews in Heilbronn by Hans Franke.

Nochlin, Linda, 1983

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held comments on Nochlin's lecture on the image of the working woman in art. With a mention of Jules Breton.

North-Hunningher, Isa [?] 1986

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1 letter to Held from a former student at Barnard College.

box 10, folder 8

Lisa Oehler - Manuel Ortiz Lopez

Oehler, Lisa, 1969-1984

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5 letters to Held. Oehler thanks Held for his advise to Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel regarding a Dürer drawing.

Ollinger-Zinque, Gisèle, 1968

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning a sketchbook by James Ensor. Annotated by Held.

Olson, Roberta J. M., 1986

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held mentions Olson's discovery of Halley's comet in Giotto's Adoration. Annotated by Held.

Oppenheim, Irving J., 1980-1986

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2 letters to Held concerning drawings in Oppenheim's collection.

O'Reilly, William Edward, 1984

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1 letter to Held from the art dealer [Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc. in New York]. With a mention of a painting by Alfred Henry Maurer.

Ortiz Lopez, Manuel, 1968

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1 letter to Held concerning Rubens's formula to prepare paint. Annotated by Held.

box 10, folder 9

Bernard G. Palitz - Carol Purtle

Palitz, Bernard G., 1984

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

Pancoast, Virgilia H., 1989

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1 letter from Held regarding a reference published in IFAR [International Foundation for Art Research] reports.

Parke, Martha Leslie, 1993

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1 letter to Held from the artist. Parke describes how old masters paintings inspire her own work.

Parkhurst, Charles, 1966

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the director of Baltimore Museum of Art regarding a painting by Joachim Wtewael.

Parshall, Peter W., 1969

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1 letter to Held from the art historian at Warburg Institute in London. Parshall relates details concerning his work on iconographic sources in work by Lucas van Leyden.

Parsons, Robert L., 1960

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2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding a Rubens painting at DeEtte Holden Cummer Museum Foundation in Jacksonville, Fla.

Paul, Eberhard, 1995, undated

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2 items: 1 letter to Held (with photocopy) from an art historian in Leipzig. Paul seeks Held's opinion on Rubens' painting Christ carrying the cross . Annotated by Held.

Peardon, Tom, undated

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1 letter to Held. Peardon mentions Held's essay on Edward Hicks.

Peckham, John Ford, 1969

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1 letter to Held.

Pelz, Edward and Caroline Duncombe, 1993

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A circular letter.

Perlove, Shelley Karen, 1997

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1 letter from Held. Held mentions that he owns Vision of Daniel , illustrated in Menasseh ben Israel's book Piedra Gloriosa .

Perre, Paul van der, 1959

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1 letter from Held and 1 letter to Held. Correspondence concerning the poor condition of a woodcut by Christoffel Jegher.

Peters, Albert Edward, 1983-1991

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4 items (7 leaves): 3 letters to Held from an artist. With Peters's curriculim vitae.

Peters, Susan D., 1985

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1 letter (2 leaves) to Held. Peters mentions her research on Elizabeth McCausland.

Placzek, Adolf K., 1986, 1993

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2 letters to Held from the art historian.

Pfister, Hermann, 1985-1987

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5 items (8 leaves): 3 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Personal correspondence.

Pittman, Geraldine, 1981

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1 letter to Held regarding his lecturing at Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vt.

Pomerantz, Louis, 1965

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6 items (8 leaves): 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, Held's letter to Robert L. Feller at the Mellon Institute, and a list of slides. Correspondence concerning Held's lecture held at the ICC [International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works] in Philadelphia. [See related correspondence filed under Mellon Institute in Box 14, F. 20.]

Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham, Sir, 1983

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held accepts invitation to join the consulting committee for Age of Caravaggio exhibition organized at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Preston, Frances Lawrence, 1993

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1 letter from Held. Held comments on Preston's dissertation on Rembrandt.

Prinz, Wolfram, 1972

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1 letter to Held from the art historian regarding Prinz's essay published in Art Bulletin.

Promey, Sally M., 1995

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3 items (4 leaves): 2 letters to Held from an art history teacher at University of Maryland in College Park, Md., and her course work material. Promey seeks Held's permission to adapt his text Pictures will answer for her teaching of art history.

Purtle, Carol, 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter (2 leaves) to Held. Purtle describes the reception of Held's lecture by art history students at Memphis State University.

box 10, folder 10

André Racz - Michael Rohe

Racz, André, 1983-1986

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. Personal correspondence.

Ragle, Thomas B., 1972

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1 letter to Held acknowledging Held's gift to Marlboro College.

Randall, Julie, undated

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1 letter to Held. With a mention of an article about the "Melnikas art fraud" [Anthony Melinkas].

Rausen, Lili, 1980

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1 letter (2 leaves) to Held.

Ravenel, Gaillard F., 1982

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the chief of design and installation at National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, concerning a copy after Rubens.

Regteren Altena, I. Q. van (I. Quirijn), 1969-1970

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held.

Reichling, Helmut, 1988

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Zweibrücker Kulturgutstiftung Gehrlein-Fuchs concerning a portrait painting of Mrs. Gravaghi by Johann Christian von Mannlich. With a mention of the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck.

Reichsman, Franz, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. With a mention of "Mama and Papa Tietze".

Reif, Jo-Ann, 1991-1996

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5 items (8 leaves): 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with a former student at Barnard College. Held comments on Reif's dissertation on Thomas Mann and Arnold Schönberg. Reif mentions a Rubens painting owned by de Gunzburg family in Paris.

Reinecker, Hans A., 1993

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Karen Blake on behalf of Hans A. Reinecker concerning a Rubens painting.

Reznicek, E. K. J. (Emil Karel Josef), 1964

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence rich in detail concerning Flemish and Dutch drawings. Held comments on Reznicek's catalog for an exhibition of drawings by Flemish and Dutch masters at the Uffizi.

Rhyne, Charles S., 1985

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning Rhyne's research on preliminary large oil sketches. Artists mentioned are van Dyck, Constable, and Watteau.

Rhyn, Jacqueline van, 1996

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1 letter to Held from staff at Williams College Museum of Art regarding the painting Two heads by Alfred Henry Maurer.

Ricke-Immel, Ute, 1982

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1 letter to Held from the art historian. With a mention of Anthony van Dyck and Carl [Karl] Müller.

Riedl, Peter Anselm, undated

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1 letter to Held from the art historian.

Rikala, Taina, 1991

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1 letter to Held following her interview with Held for an oral history project.

Riley, Richard, 1993

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1 letter from Held to the governor regarding Ellen Lovell's candidacy for the NEA [National Endowment for the Arts].

Rinehart, Sheila, 1978-1995

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7 items: 6 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held.

Reynolds, David P., 1983

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1 letter from Held to the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Reynolds Metals Building in Richmond, Va. asking the firm to establish a re-cycling plant in the North-East part of the country.

Robbins, Daniel, 1968

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2 letters to Held from the director of Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art in Providence announcing a retrospective exhibition of James Tissot.

Robertson, David, 1983, 1993

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2 letters to Held sent from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., and from Loyola University in Chicago. [See also correspondence filed in Box 13, F. 34.]

Robinson, Franklin W., 1981-1997

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5 letters to Held. Robinson mentions acquistion of several artworks for Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in Itaka, N.Y.

Robinson, M. S. (Michael Strang), 1972

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1 letter to Held regarding Robinson's work on a catalog of paintings by father and son Willem van de Velde. With a mention of Duveen records. Annotated by Held.

Robinson, William W., 1979

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2 items (5 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Scholarly discussion about the meaning of the gesture symbolizing silence in art, particularly in work by Nicolaes Maes and Jan Massys. Held mentions an essay by Waldemar Deonna.

Robison, Andrew, 1997

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1 letter from Held to the curator at National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Roedig, Bernd, 1967-1968

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2 letters to Held from the director of Museum des Siegerlandes in Siegen, Germany regardig Rubens sketches.

Rohe, Michael, 1993-1999

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19 items (20 leaves): 6 letters to Held, 4 letters from Held, 8 photographs, including 7 in color, and 1 color transparency. Correspondence with the art dealer in Munich concerning an Andromeda sketch sold at Dorotheum in Vienna, an oil sketch by Cornelis Schut, and an oil sketch of the Christ child sitting on the lap of the Virgin, with a monogram of Michiel Vriendt on the back of the panel. [Color photographs and color transparency are shelved in Box 159, F. 7.]

box 10, folder 11

Margaret Roland - H. Diane Russell

Roland, Margaret, 1972-1979

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding Roland's dissertation on Anthony van Dyck. Discussed are Negro heads [Four studies of a male head ] , Crucifixion of St. Peter , and Drunken Silenus.

Romagnoli, Carlo, 1995

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11 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning attribution of paintings Portrait of a woman to Giovanni Bernardo Carbone and Loth and his daughters to Anthony van Dyck. Included are reports regarding both paintings by Maurizio Marini, Carlo Romagnoli, Giusto Matzeu, and Cesare Bellini; a letter from Vermont National Bank to Romagnoli regarding a fee; a color transparency; and 2 photographs of the paintings, including on ein color. [Color photograph and color transparency are shelved in Box 159, F. 8.]

Rose, Anne C., 1994, undated

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3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and copy of a receipt. Rose invites Held to participate in a Penn State lecture series about the Holocaust.

Rose, Barbara, 1981

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 3 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Correspondence with the curator at Houston Museum of Fine Arts regarding plans for a Rubens exhibition. Rose mentions her talk on the influence of Rubens on American art and patricularly on the work of Jackson Pollock.

Rose, Eileen, 1973

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2 items (4 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding Antwerp's Golden Age, an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution.

Rosen, Susan E., 1970

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

Rosenthal, Donald, 1979

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2 items: a letter to Held and printed matter from the curator at Memorial Art Gallery at University of Rochester regarding a painting by Jan Bruegel owned by Dr. Geib. Annotated by Held.

Rosenthal, Gertrude, 1987

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1 letter to Held. Rosenthal comments on Held's essay on aging artists published in Art Journal.

Rosenthal, Jane, 1981-1997, undated

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3 letters (5 leaves) to Held, including an undated letter [ca. 1953-1957?] concerning drawings by Rubens.

Rosin, Axel, 1979

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1 letter to Held.

Rousseau, Theodore Jr., 1950

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held and 1 letter to Held. Correspondence with the curator of paintings at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York regarding a Rubens painting from the Koppel collection. [Also see items filed in Box 81, F.34.]

Röver-Kann, Anne, 1991

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Anne Röver-Kann at Kunsthalle Bremen regarding 362 drawings, including artwork by Rubens and van Dyck, removed [from Kunsthalle Bremen?] in 1945 and deposited at a museum in Moscow.

Rowlands, Eliot Wooldridge, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

Rowlands, John, 1982

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2 items: 1 letter from Rowlands to Held and a letter from A. V. Griffith to Walter Strauss at Abaris Books in New York. Correspondence with Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum in London regarding photography permit for Illustrated Bartsch series.

Rozman, Ksenija, 1982, 1987, undated

Scope and Content Note

5 letters (6 leaves) to Held from Rozman at Narodna Galerija in Ljubljana. Rozman mentions artwork by Francesco Caucig, Van Dyck, and Paul Bril, and drawings by Ubaldo Gandolfi and Felice Giani from Held's collection at the Clark Art Institute.

Rubin, Ida Ely, 1982

Scope and Content Note

3 items (4 leaves): 1 letter to Held from Rubin and copies of Rubin's correspondence with the ambassador of Portugal in Greece Alfredo Lencastre da Veiga. Correspondence concerning attribution of an Adoration of the Magi painting to Rubens, and the topic of 17th century copies on copper.

Russell, Diane H., 1991

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the curator of old master prints at National Gallery of Art in washington D.C.: scheduling a meeting with Held at Clark Institute in Williamstown.

box 11

Vadim A. Sadkov - Unidentified

folder 1

Vadim A. Sadkov - Hein-Th. Schulze Altcappenberg

Sadkov, Vadim A., 1981, undated

Scope and Content Note

5 letters: Held to Armand Hammer, Dennis A. Gould to Held, Held to the Russian curator Sadkov, and 2 letters from Sadkov to Held. Correspondence regarding sending Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens to Sadkov.

Safire, William, 1993

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1 letter from Held to the New York Times Magazine regarding the metaphoric meaning of a bubble or a transparent container in paintings by Bosch and Bruegel.

Sakowski, Rainer, 1997

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1 letter to Held.

Salinger, Margaretta M., 1968-1973

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3 letters to Held from Salinger at Metropolitan Museum of Art concerning Theodore Rousseau's essay on "casket Iliad", and artwork by Rubens and Titian. With a mention of Michael Jaffé. Annotated by Held.

Sanguinetti, E. Frank (Eugene Frank), 1968

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1 thank-you letter to Held from the director of Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City concerning an artwork by Alexander Helwig Wyant. With a mention of an essay by Robert S. Olpin.

Sawyer, John E., 1972

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2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence with the president of Williams College regarding honorary degree awarded to Held.

Scallen, Catherine, 1986-1990

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4 items: 3 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Scallen writes extensively about her interest in images of scholars by Rembrandt, and about her dissertation on Rembrandt's etchings of St. Jerome. She also relates details regarding Rubens attribution of the painting Four heads of a Negro [Four studies of a male head ] at J. Paul Getty Museum.

Schaar, [Eckard?], 1994

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held to Dr. Schaar regarding a copy of a drawing by Titian.

Schleif, Corine, 1993-1995

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3 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Also present is Schleif's paper on the post-war relations between German and North American art historians read at the 1993 CAA conference, annotated by Held.

Schnackenburg, Bernhard, 1987

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1 letter to Held. With a mention of [Joachim?] Beuckelaer.

Schöffler, R[?], 1993

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1 letter to Held from Darmstadt.

Schöffler, Hans, 1993-1997

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3 personal letters (4 leaves) to Held. Schöffler mentions meeting Held in Mosbach.

Scholz, János, 1969

Scope and Content Note

1 letter [from the cellist?] commenting on Held's essay about a Jacob Jordaens exhibition, published in the Burlington Magazine. [See also items filed in Box 63, F.11.]

Schüler-Kahn, Hanna, 1984, undated

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3 items (4 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning the text for a tablet commemorating the 1938 destruction of the Mosbach Synagogue. Schüler-Kahn also comments on the cultural life and the political conflict in Israel. With a mention of Armand Hammer and the opening of an Armand Hammer exhibition at the Israel Museum.

Schulze Altcappenberg, Hein-Th., 1988-1989

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence concerning various drawings (Joannes Puyttinck, Joannes van Orley, Poelenburgh) in the collection of Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, including copies after Jordaens and Rubens.

box 11, folder 2

Anne A. Scitovsky - David R. Smith

Scitovsky, Anne A., 1987, 1992

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11 items (12 leaves): 7 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, and 1 photograph. Correspondence with a former student at Barnard College.

Seilern, Antoine, Count, 1959, 1970

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2 thank-you letters to Held.

Selig, J. Daniel, 1975

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1 letter to Held regarding the Rubens attribution of an Orpheus and Eurydice painting in the collection of Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery. Annotated by Held.

Seller, M. Charles, 1983

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1 letter to Held scheduling Held's visit to Harrisburg. Only page 2 is present in the archive.

Shapiro, Michael, 1981

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1 letter to Held from the art historian. Shapiro writes about his teaching at Duke University.

Sheon, Aaron, 1979

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3 items (5 leaves): 2 letters to Held and Sheon's NEH [National Endowment for the Humanities] research proposal titled "Nineteenth-century art and mental illness".

Shestack, Alan, 1980

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1 letter to Held from the director of Yale University Art Gallery regarding exhibition of Hans Baldung Grien.

Shickman, Herman, 1990, 1996

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2 thank-you letters from Held.

Shifton, Anne, 1979, 1984

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2 letters to Held. Shifton mentions her artwork in enamel.

Simmel, Rivka, 1998

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning attribution of an oil sketch of Venus and Adonis to Rubens.

Simons, C. A. J., 1994

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2 items: Simons's inaugural lecture "Kiezen tussen verscheidenheid en uniformiteit", given at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, published by the Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut. With Simons's handwritten note to Held tipped in. Also present is Held's reply.

Simons, David, 1979-1988?

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5 letters (6 leaves) to Held from David Simons in Hague, Netherlands.

Sinnott, Francesca, 1993

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4 items (10 leaves): 1 letter from Held and 3 letters to Held. Personal correspondence with the sister-in-law of Fred Noske [Frits Noske?].

Sip, Jaromír, 1979

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1 letter from Held to the Czech art historian. Incomplete, only the first page is present in the archive.

Slatkes, Leonard, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Slatkes writes about his book Rembrandt and Persia , the painting Polish rider, and mentions his work for the Illustrated Bartsch series.

Souter, David, 1991

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Held's letter to the Supreme Court Justice on the occasion of his confirmation hearings.

Smith, David R., 1982

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the art historian at University of New Hampshire in Durham. Smith mentions his two essays on Rembrandt.

box 11, folder 3

Barbara Bonner-Socarides - C. O. Swayzee

Socarides, Barbara Bonner, 1982

Scope and Content Note

3 items (4 leaves): Socarides invites Held to join the advisory board of her firm Bonner and Company.

Sonia [?], 1968

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1 letter from Held to a student at Barnard College.

Soussloff, Catherine M., 1985

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the art historian concerning old age styles.

Spangenberg, Kristin L., 1977-1978

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 4 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Correspondence with the curator at Cincinnati Art Museum concerning attribution of drawings in the museum's collection to Rubens, van Dyck, and Peter van Mol. Spangenberg's letters are annotated by Held.

Spear, Richard E., 1987, 1992

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter from Held to the editor of Art Bulletin, annotated typescript of Held's essay "Rembrandt's painting Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh", and Spear's letter to Held.

Spector, Jack J., 1968, 1983

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held.

Spiro, M., 1986

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4 items: 2 letters to Held, including 1 copy and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning attribution of an oil sketch to Rubens. Annotated by Held.

Sprinson, Mary, 1980

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1 letter to Held from a research assistant at Metropolitan Museum of Art regarding an inscription.

Stahl, Harvey, 1984

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1 letter to Held regarding a symposium on old age styles.

Stampfle, Felice, 1968-1988

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3 letters to Held from the curator at Pierpont Morgan Library. Stampfle writes about the symbolic meaning of various attributes of Virtues.

Steadman, David W. (David Wilton), 1972

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1 letter to Held from Princeton University Art Museum regarding a manuscript. Steadman mentions the Devonshire Archduchess Isabella Clara and the Marchesa Lomellini Durazzo.

Stein, Adolphe, 1971

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2 letters to Held regarding attribution of a drawing from M. van Gelder collection to Rubens.

Stewart, J. Douglas, 1987

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1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with art history professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. Held comments extensively on Stewart's review of Christopher Brown's book on van Dyck.

Strauss, Alice Hanauer, undated

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1 congratulatory letter to Held.

Strauss, Lewis L., 1954

Scope and Content Note

1 congratulatory letter to Held.

Sühnel, Rudolf, 1984

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2 items: 1 letter from Held and a press clipping. Held mentions a drawing by Daniel Chodowiecki which was possibly used to illustrate James Thomson's poem "Seasons".

Swayzee, C. O., 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 thank-you card to Held from a former student at Barnard College.

box 11, folder 4

Werner Taegert - Eleanor Tufts

Taegert, Werner, 1982

Scope and Content Note

3 items: Taegert's correspondence with Princeton University Press (Krysia Kolodziej) regarding reprinting of the Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens and 1 letter from Taegert to Held.

Tarica, Alain, 1982

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1 letter to Held from an art dealer in Paris.

Tatenhove, Janno van, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held to Tatenhove at Prentenkabinet, Kunsthistorisch Instituut in Leiden concerning attribution of a drawing to Jan Goeree. Held mentions a drawing by De Wit from his private collection at the National Gallery in Washington.

Taylor, Sherril W., 1999?

Scope and Content Note

3 items (7 leaves): 1 thank-you letter to Held, a list of Taylor's career highlights and accomplishments, and a news release by Coltrin & Associates regarding Taylor.

Teetor, Katherine, 1984, 1997

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held.

Thomas Elliott, Eleanor, 1988

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 1 letter to Held, a photograph [of Eleanor Thomas Elliott?] with a male companion, a note, and press clippings regarding the death of Dorothy Read Thomas.

Tufts, Eleanor, 1980

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Tufts from Maurice Cope, 1 letter from Tufts to Held, and photocopy of a print by Diana Ghisi [i.e. Diana Scultori]. Cope's letter is annotated by Held. Correspondence concerning Ghisi's print in Cope's private collection.

box 11, folder 5

Horst Uhr - Charles T. Upjohn

Uhr, Horst, 1972

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence rich in detail concerning Uhr's dissertation research on Lovis Corinth.

Union Bank of Switzerland, 1979

Scope and Content Note

7 items (10 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence concerning attribution of the painting Portrait of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel to Anthony van Dyck. Included are photocopies of opinions by Ludwig Burchard, Max J. Friedländer, Ludwig von Baldass, and Hermann Voss, and a typescript in German (4 pages) about the painting.

Upjohn, Charles T., 1973

Scope and Content Note

3 items (4 leaves): 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and a photograph of a portrait painting of Lawrence Sterne. Upjohn relates details regarding the provenance of the painting.

box 11, folder 6

R. W. G. Vail - Ary Bob de Vries

Vail, R. W. G. (Robert William Glenroie), 1951

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the director of New-York Historical Society regarding Held's article on Edward Hicks.

Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold., 1955

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding Held's attribution of a painting to van [Jacob?] van Oost. With a mention of Theodor van Loon and an exhibition of Anthony van Dyck.

Veen, Stuyvesant van, 1971, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from the artist. With a mention of Daniel Goldberg and "the Ullendorffs".

Veldman, Ilja M., 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Veldman mentions his book on Martin van Heemskerck.

Veronee-Verhaegen, Nicole, 1990

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

Vermont Department of Corrections, 1980

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held and a press clipping.

Victoria and Albert Museum, 1932

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held, signed by van de Put regarding a photograph requested by Held. With a mention of Dr. Irene Adler from "Vienna Museum".

Voet, Léon, 1969, 1979

Scope and Content Note

4 items (6 leaves): 1 letter from Held, 2 letters to Held and minutes of the directors' meeting of American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus Museum (typescript). Correspondence with the director of Plantin-Moretus-Museum in Antwerp. [See also correspondence with American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus Museum filed in Box 13, F.2.]

Volz, Robert L., 1982

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the custodian at Chapin Library, Williams College.

Vries, A. B. de (Ary Bob), 1971-1973

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with the former director of Mauritshuis in Hague, Netherlands regarding attribution of various artworks to Rubens and van Dyck.

box 11, folder 7

Otto Wächter - Michael Wynne

Wächter, Otto, 1985

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with a conservator at Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna regarding an oil sketch. With a photocopy of the artwork.

Wallade, Ruth, 1982

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

Walsh, Maureen S., 1987

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held writes about aspects of methodical processes by which attributions and exclusions are made.

Wankmüller, Rike, 1974-1975

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from Oberfinanzdirektion München. Included is a list of oil sketches by Rubens which the Central Collecting Point returned to their previous locations between 1945 and 1947. Annotated by Held.

Warburg Institute, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Carla Lord at American Friends of the Warburg Institute in New York soliciting financial support.

Watering, Willem L. van de, 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie in Hague, Netherlands concerning transcription and translation of a poem by Jacob Cats and the seal in a portrait by Arnoldus van Ravensteyn.

Weber, Bruce, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with a curator at Norton Gallery & School of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla. Held lists several silverpoint drawings in his collection.

Wedenberg, Erik, 1987

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held from the Swedish scientist and a color photograph of Wedenberg's house. Wedenberg writes about his research on hearing impairment in children. Annotated by Held. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 9.]

Weeks, Edward F., 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from a curator at Birmingham Museum of Art concerning attribution of a drawing to Rubens. With a mention of Giuliano Cesari's collection of old master drawings.

Wegmann, Frederick, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

Weil, Phoebe, 1992-1996

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from the art conservator. With a mention of the art conservator Giovanni Morigi in Bologna.

Welliver, Warman, 1960

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. Welliver relates details concerning his research on Botticelli.

Wethey, Harold E. (Harold Edwin), undated

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from an art historian regarding Rubens' portrait of Charles V in armor from the Zambeccari collection.

Weyman, Todd D., 1995

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the director of Swann Galleries in New York regarding prints by Anthonis Sallaert.

The White House, 1994

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held regarding media presentation of proceedings marking conclusion of peace between Israel and Jordan.

Wiedenhoeft, Ronald V., 1973

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held asking for opinion on a grant proposal submitted to the NEH [National Endowment for the Humanities]. Wiedenhoeft also mentions his essay on workers' housing in Berlin in the 1920s.

Wilkins, David G., 1986

Scope and Content Note

3 items (4 leaves): 2 letters to Held from the director of University Art Gallery at University of Pittsburgh and 1 letter from Held. Wilkins writes about his publications and lecturing activities, and seeks Held's opinion about [Rembrandt's?] portraits of the apothecary Abraham Francen and the calligrapher Lieven van Coppenol.

Williamson, Mary F., 1980

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and photocopy of a drawing. Correspondence concerning attribution of the drawing to Vincenzo Dandini.

Wilson, Kit, 1984, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held comments on Wilson's essay on Rembrandt.

Wilson, William Harry, 1980

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from a curator at John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla. concerning attribution of a portrait painting of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia to Rubens. Annotated by Held.

Wise, Susan, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from a curator at Art Institute of Chicago regarding attribution of two paintings to van Dyck.

Wirtala, Arthur O., 1982

Scope and Content Note

1 letter (2 leaves) to Held from a radiologist at Stevens Memorial Hospital in Edmonds, Wash. Wirtala explains the capability of radiography in disclosing images drawn on paper.

Witten, Elaine Franz, 1998

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held on a card illustrated by Witten.

Wolf, Fritz, 1994

Scope and Content Note

4 personal letters sent from Nahariya in Israel, including 1 to Held, 2 letters to Anna, and 1 letter to Ben. With a mention of sAlbert Einstein.

Woodall, Joanna, 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from an art historian teaching at Courtauld Institute of Art in London concerning Rubens's painting Samson and Delilah.

Worcester Art Museum, 1984

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held from the librarian Kathy Berg, 1 letter to Held, a list of books in Swedish, and a 1936 symposium announcement (photocopy).

Worklan, Mary Anm T., 1990

Scope and Content Note

5 items (7 leaves): 1 letter to Held from the director of MacArthur Fellows Program, and printed matter. Concerning nomination of Barbara Novak.

Wunder, Richard P., 1999

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter from Held, 2 letters to Held, and 1 photograph. Correspondence regarding attribution of a painting depicting a monk in Wunder's collection.

Wyatt, William Stanley, 1990

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held regarding attribution of a painting, and printed matter.

Wynne, Michael, 1970-1971, undated

Scope and Content Note

13 items (15 leaves): 5 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence with the assistant director of National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin concerning drawings and mezzotints by Thomas Frye and the attribution of Frye's artwork to Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Also included are 2 letters to Held from Seattle Art Museum regarding attribution by Frye of drawings from the Krautheimer collection, and 2 typescripts concerning drawings by Albrecht Dürer.

box 11, folder 8

Abraham Shalom Yahuda - An Zwollo

Yahuda, Abraham Shalom, 1926

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held, dated Feb. 19 1926, typed on letterhead of Kaufhaus M. Held Mosbach (Baden), in which Held offers for sale 18th-century prints. With a mention of Mrs. Garbell, A. Politzer, and Max Ziegert. [Photocopy of original at Dept. of Manuscripts and Archives, Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem. Further provenance information available in Getty Research Library research files].

Yardley, Michael, 1972

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from an art history teacher at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. regarding footnotes in Yardley's essay on Rubens's house in Antwerp.

Ypersele de Strihou, Anne van, 1970

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held concerning attribution of the painting Lapidation de St. Etienne to Rubens.

Zafran, Eric M., 1980

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from a curator at High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Ga. concerning attribution of several artworks in the museum's collection. Zafran mentions [Oratio?] Peruzzi [Perucci], van Balen, and Jan Pietersz.

Zeri, Federico, 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 thank-you letter to Held.

Zöllner, Frank, 1990

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome regarding Rubens attribution of a copy after Leonardo's Battle of Anghiari.

Zupnick, Irving L., undated

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the art historian. Zupnik writes about his various research interests.

Zwollo, An, 1981-1983

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie in Hague, Netherlands. With a mention of Felice Stampfle. Zwollo also mentions Held's offer to send photographs of Dutch and Flemish paintings at Ponce Art Museum to RKD.

box 11, folder 9

Unidentified, 1998, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from two unidentified people: a letter signed "Jan" sent from Eindhoven in 198?; a letter dated Nov. 20, 1998, signature illegible.

Series I.C. Publishers, 1965-1993

Physical Description: 1.26 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

This subseries comprises correspondence with editorial and administrative staff of several publishing firms. Numerous letters are extensively annotated by Held. The principal topic is the publication of Held's own books and essays, though his reviews and commentaries of texts by other scholars are also mentioned. The largest portion (ca. 280 items) constitutes correspondence with Princeton University Press, which primarily details the publication of the Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens and the reissue of Rembrandt's Aristotle and other Rembrandt studies . A related group presents correspondence with Phaidon Press Limited, also concerning the publication of Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens. Substantially represented is correspondence with Harry N. Abrams and with La Connaissance.

box 12

Abaris Books - Princeton University Press

box 12, folder 1

Abaris Books, Inc., 1981-1984

Scope and Content Note

4 items (5 leaves): 3 letters to Held fromWalter L. Strauss, and Strauss's letter to Philippe de Montebello at Metropolitan Museum of Art and to Charles Ryskamp at Pierpont Morgan Library. Correspondence concerning the Illustrated Bartsch series.

box 12, folder 2

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1965-1993

Scope and Content Note

22 items (26 leaves). Correspondence concerning the editing and publishing process, reviews, sales and reprinting of 17th and 18th century art by Held and Donald Posner. Held comments on Bob Haak's book the Golden Age: Dutch painters of the seventeenth century.

box 12, folder 3

Apollo Magazine Limited, 1979

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Denys Sutton.

box 12, folder 4

Archives of American Art, New England Area Center, 1978-1992

Scope and Content Note

3 letters to Held from Robert F. Brown concerning the sale of Held's papers to the Archives of American Art.

box 12, folder 5

Art Bulletin, 1991-1992

Scope and Content Note

2 letters (3 leaves) from Held regarding his manuscript on Rubens's group-portrait at the Pitti. Held also comments on Walter S. Melion's essay on Hendrick Goltzius.

box 12, folder 6

The Bobbs Merrill Company Inc., 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held.

box 12, folder 7

La Connaissance s.a., 1968-1974

Scope and Content Note

16 items. Correspondence concerning the English edition of Max J. Friedländer's Early Netherlandish painting, and the painting Virgin Enthroned by Jan Provost.

box 12, folder 8

Phaidon Press Limited, 1968-1987, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 38 items (52 leaves). Correspondence concerning Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens . With a list of Rubens' sketches, extensively annotated by Held.

box 12, folder 9

Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. Publishers, 1968

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 5 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence regarding Held's lectures on connoisseurship.

box 12, folder 10

Princeton University Press, 1967-1974, undated

Scope and Content Note

7 items (11 leaves). Included is Held's letter to Ulla Krempel at Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, and a note regarding Auferstehung der Seligen by Johannes Boekhorst.

box 12, folder 11

Princeton University Press, 1976

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 items (36 leaves). Correspondence with National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and Princeton University Press regarding The oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens. Also present is Held's correspondence with John Rupert Martin concerning Martin's book the Ceiling paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp. [See also Held's correspondence with Martin filed in Box 4, F. 19.]

box 12, folder 12

Princeton University Press, 1977

Scope and Content Note

ca. 45 items (53 leaves). Correspondence with Princeton University Press, National Gallery of Art, Yale Center for British Art and British Studies, and Frans Baudouin and Gaston Dulière in Belgium. The letters detail the editing process of the book the Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens and advertising brochure. Included is related correspondence with Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY and Patrimoine des Musées royaux des beaux-arts in Brussels. A letter to Held from Justus Müller Hofstede at Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universität Bonn concerns Rubens' paintings at Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt.

box 12, folder 13

Princeton University Press, 1978

Scope and Content Note

ca. 25 items (on 39 leaves). Correspondence with Princeton University Press concerning the editing process of the Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens . Included are several readers' reports, annotated by Held. Also present is a letter to Held from John Rubert Martin with a list of works by van Dyck, extensively annotated [by Martin?].

box 12, folder 14

Princeton University Press, 1979

Scope and Content Note

ca. 33 items (45 leaves). Held's correspondence with Princeton University Press and National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC concerning the editing process of the Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens.

box 12, folder 15

Princeton University Press, 1980

Scope and Content Note

ca. 20 items (23 leaves). Correspondence with Princeton University Press and National Gallery of Art concerning the final editing process of the Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens . Also discussed is the selection of scholars who would review the book when published

box 12, folder 16

Princeton University Press, 1981

Scope and Content Note

30 items (35 leaves). Correspondence with Princeton University Press and National Gallery of Art concerning promotion and distribution of the Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens , and Held's revenues. Also discussed is the transfer of copyrights for Rembrandt's Aristotle and other Rembrandt studies to Held. Included is a related letter from The Everest Record Group to Princeton University Press and Held's letter addressed to "Charlie".

box 12, folder 17

Princeton University Press, 1982-1984

Scope and Content Note

ca. 15 items (16 leaves). Correspondence with Princeton University Press mainly regarding payments for the Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens. Two invoices.

box 12, folder 18

Princeton University Press, 1987

Scope and Content Note

19 items, including several handwritten notes. Correspondence with Princeton University Press concerning Held's report on Felice Stampfle's book on Netherlandish drawings at the Pierpont Morgan Library. Also discussed is the sale of Gary Schwartz's publishing firm to Princeton University Press, and the selection of photographs from Held's personal collection for the Millen/Wolf manuscript [ Heroic deeds and mystic figures]. [See related correspondence with Millen and Wolf filed in Box 8, F. 5.]

box 12, folder 19

Princeton University Press, 1988

Scope and Content Note

6 items (14 leaves): 3 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and illustrated matter. Correspondence with Princeton University Press concerning the revised and expanded edition of Held's book Rembrandt's Aristotle and other Rembrandt studies .

box 12, folder 20

Princeton University Press, 1989-1990

Scope and Content Note

17 items (23 leaves). Correspondence with Princeton University Press concerning the reissue of Rembrandt's Aristotle and other Rembrandt studies and the inclusion of Held's essay on Rembrandt's Polish rider. Present is a related letter to Held from Jill Frish at The New Yorker .

box 12, folder 21

Princeton University Press, 1991-1993

Scope and Content Note

ca. 14 items (17 items). Held's correspondence with Princeton University Press concerning the reissue of Rembrandt's Aristotle and other Rembrandt studies , the release of reprint rights for Rubens and his circle to University Microfilms, and payments to Held for his essay issued with the Early years of art history in the United States. Also included are Held's reports and notes on manuscripts submitted to Princeton University Press by the artist Avigdor Arikha and the art historian Charles Minott.

box 12, folder 22

Princeton University Press: royalty statements, 1987-1998

Scope and Content Note

22 royalty statements covering the period from August 1987 to August 1998 for Rubens and his circle, Rembrandt studies, and Oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens.

Series I.D. Museums, Colleges, Organizations, 1950-1999

Physical Description: 1.04 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

This subseries comprises predominantly letters. Occasionally included are photographs of artworks, handwritten notes, printed ephemera, and press clippings. The letters provide insight into Held's advisory role to museums, colleges, libraries, and other organizations in matters concerning attribution and authentification of artworks, mainly of Rubens and other Flemish artists. Also discussed are Held's lecturing activities, requests for photo reprints, and reproduction rights.

A major portion of ca. 140 items comprise correspondence and papers detailing Held's activities as director of American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus-Museum in New York. Among his correspondennts are Léon Voet, Stephen Harvard, Ray Nash, Faith Paulette Dreher, Roderick D. Stinehour (The Stinehour Press), Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, Alexander & Green in New York, Darmouth College, and Department of History of Art at University of Michigan.

Included is a transcript of an oral history interview with Held conducted for Foundation of the American Institute for Conservations by Joyce Hill Stoner from University of Delaware, concerning Held's involvement with art conservation. [Filed in Box 13, F. 10.]

box 13

Allen Memorial Art Museum - Dickinson College

box 13, folder 1

Allen Memorial Art Museum, 1980

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held.

box 13, folder 2

American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus-Museum, undated

Scope and Content Note

5 items.

box 13, folder 3

American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus-Museum, 1967-1968

Scope and Content Note

5 items.

box 13, folder 4

American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus-Museum, 1969

Scope and Content Note

ca. 40 items.

box 13, folder 5

American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus-Museum, 1970

Scope and Content Note

19 items.

box 13, folder 6

American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus-Museum, 1971

Scope and Content Note

ca. 20 items.

box 13, folder 7

American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus-Museum, 1972-1973

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 items.

box 13, folder 8

American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus-Museum, 1965-1971, undated

Scope and Content Note

7 items (20 leaves). By-laws, list of contibutors, and receipts.

box 13, folder 9

American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus-Museum, 1967-1969, undated

Scope and Content Note

16 items. Printed ephemera.

box 13, folder 10

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Foundation, 1980-1997

Scope and Content Note

14 items (41 leaves): 7 letters to Held from Joyce Hill Stoner at University of Delaware in Newark (1 sent from Winterthur Museum) 4 letters from Held, a family photograph of Stoner, printed matter (4 leaves) and transcript of Stoner's 1996 interview with Held, extensively annotated by Held. Correspondence related to the Foundation's oral history interview with Held concerning Held's involvement with art conservation.

box 13, folder 11

Art Gallery of Ontario, 1967-1980

Scope and Content Note

9 items (11 leaves). Regarding attribution of a drawing to Rembrandt. With a mention of an exhibition of artwork by James Tissot and an artwork attributed to Erasmus Quellinus.

box 13, folder 12

Art Gallery of Toronto, 1957

Scope and Content Note

2 items, including 1 letter to Held. Regarding Rubens's painting Elevation of the cross .

box 13, folder 13

Art Institute of Chicago, 1989

Scope and Content Note

4 items (5 leaves). 1 letter to Held and 2 letters from Held, including 1 to Elizabeth McGrath. Regarding attribution of a drawing to Rubens.

box 13, folder 14

Ashmolean Museum. Dept. of Western Art, 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 letter to Held regarding a Rubens's sketch refered to as Satyr squeezing grapes .

box 13, folder 15

William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held and 1 letter to Held.

box 13, folder 16

Baldwin-Wallace College, 1965-1967, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 45 items: correspondence, notes, an appraisal, printed ephemera, 3 photographs.

box 13, folder 17

Barnum Museum, 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Regarding paintings in the collection of Phineas Taylor Barnum.

box 13, folder 18

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, 1966-1988

Scope and Content Note

3 letters to Held from Christian Wolters, Hubertus von Sonnenburg, and Konrad Renger. [See also correspondence with Renger filed in Box 6, F. 5.]

box 13, folder 19

Bennington Museum, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held concerning engravings by Isaac Eddy.

box 13, folder 20

Berkshire Museum, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 13, folder 21

Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck-Institut, 1965

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 13, folder 22

Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 1960

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 13, folder 23

Bob Jones University, 1955-1965

Scope and Content Note

ca. 60 items: correspondence with Bob Jones Sr., Bob Jones Jr., and university staff, 2 photographs, press clippings and a booklet ( Is segregation scriptual? by Bob Jones Sr. ). The letters concern various Flemish paintings in the collection of Bob Jones University.

box 13, folder 24

Bowdoin College. Museum of Art, 1965-1980

Scope and Content Note

5 items (7 leaves): 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 13, folder 25

Carnegie Museum of Art, 1973-1980

Scope and Content Note

ca. 65 items (ca. 90 leaves), including 4 photographs. Correspondence with Carnegie Museum of Art (Herdis Bull Teilman), Knoedler & Co. in New York, and Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie in Vienna (Klaus Demus) concerning attribution of Head of a Man to Rubens. Related correspondence with Berger Art Conservation, Carnegie-Mellon Institute of Research, and Josef Bauch concerns aspects of the painting's restoration. Also discussed is the attribution of a painting to Quentin Massys or Jan Massys. [See also Held's correspondence with Demus filed in Box 2, F. 10.]

box 13, folder 26

Cincinnati Art Museum, 1980

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 13, folder 27

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972, 1980

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 13, folder 28

Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, 1974, 1976

Scope and Content Note

5 items (8 leaves): 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, annotated typescript, and photograph of a portrait of Rembrandt by Ferdinand Bol. Mainly concerning artwork by Rubens and Gerard Seghers.

box 13, folder 29

Columbus Museum of Art, 1976, 1979

Scope and Content Note

8 items (9 leaves): 5 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Concerning a painting by Rubens.

box 13, folder 30

Dayton Art Institute, 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

4 letters to Held.

box 13, folder 31

DeEtte Holden Cummer Museum Foundation, 1959

Scope and Content Note

2 letters (4 leaves) to Held. Concerning attribution of a painting to Rembrandt.

box 13, folder 32

Denison University, 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 13, folder 33

Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965-1982

Scope and Content Note

7 items (9 leaves): 5 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Concerning a painting by Jacob Jordaens and Held's opinion of the journal Art Quarterly .

box 13, folder 34

M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

ca. 10 items (19 leaves): 5 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held (to John R. Baxter). Included is a detailed commentary on the museum's handbook (10 pages), and 1 leaf of typescript foreword.

box 13, folder 35

Dickinson College, 1983-1995

Scope and Content Note

18 items (23 leaves): 9 letters to Held, 5 letters from Held, a list of paintings (compiled by David Robertson), an offprint, and deed of gift (original). [See also correspondence with David Robertson filed in Box. 10, F. 10.]

box 14

Fitzwilliam Museum - Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art

box 14, folder 1

Fitzwilliam Museum, 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 items: letter to Held and a photo request form.

box 14, folder 2

Fogg Art Museum, 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 14, folder 3

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 14, folder 4 -5

J. Paul Getty Museum, 1972-1999

Scope and Content Note

ca. 50 items: correspondence, 7 photographs, 2 color transparencies, 1 offprint, notes, press clippings, illustrated and printed matter. The letters detail Held's advisory role in acquisition matters, predominantly questions of attribution of various artwork to Anthony van Dyck, Joachim Bueckelaer, Jacob Jordaens, Cornelis de Vos, and Rubens. Extensively disussed are Rubens' paintings Negro heads [Four studies of a male head ] , David and Abigail, Korean Man, and Mars and Venus. [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 10.]

box 14, folder 6

Graphische Sammlung Albertina, 1977

Scope and Content Note

2 items: letter to Held and typescript (errata).

box 14, folder 7

Harpur College, 1964-1966

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 3 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held.

box 14, folder 8

Hessisches Landesmuseum (Darmstadt, Germany), 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 14, folder 9

Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1986

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from curator Hollister Sturges regarding Rubens attribution of a painting referred to as Rest on the flight into Egypt .

box 14, folder 10

International Foundation for Art Research, 1989-1995

Scope and Content Note

ca. 20 items: correspondence, 4 color photographs, and printed matter, including an issue of Sonder-Ausgabe Landes-Kriminalblatt Bremen (1952, May 5). Concerning authentification of several paintings by Rubens. Included is a copy of a letter from Elizabeth McGrath to IFAR [International Foundation for Art Research] (Virgilia H. Pancoast). [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 11.]

box 14, folder 11

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1968, undated

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 14, folder 12

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1954-1997

Scope and Content Note

ca. 20 items: 13 letters to Held, 5 letters by Held, printed matter, and notes. Concerning attribution of various artworks to Rubens, van Dyck, and Esaias van de Velde. Also discussed is Held's involvement in the exhibition Seals and deals: Rubens as diplomat . Included is a draft of the exhibition concept (3 leaves), extensively annotated by Held.

box 14, folder 13

John G. Johnson Collection (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held regarding a painting in the Johnson Collection. With a mention of Elizabeth McGrath.

box 14, folder 14

Julliard School of Music, 1966

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 14, folder 15

Kunsthaus Zürich, 1984-1985

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Also present is a typescript description of Rubens' painting Studienkopf eines bärtigen Mannes and 1 illustration (photocopy).

box 14, folder 16

Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1981-1989, undated

Scope and Content Note

6 items (12 leaves): 2 letters from Held and 1 letter to Held, 2 photographs, and Held's detailed notes on drawings in the collection of Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf.

box 14, folder 17

Lady Margaret Hall, 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Oxford, England. Regarding a painting by Bruegel.

box 14, folder 18

Marlboro College, 1965-1968

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 photograph. Regarding a copy after Rubens, and Held's donation to the college of a painting by Nicolas de Largillière.

box 14, folder 19

Mauritshuis (Hague, Netherlands), 1985

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Regarding a painting by [Jan van?] Hemessen in Cincinnati.

box 14, folder 20

Mellon Institute, 1966-1968

Scope and Content Note

5 items : 3 letters to Held from Robert L. Feller and 2 letters from Held. [See related correspondence filed under Louis Pomerantz in Box 10, F. 9.]

box 14, folder 21

Menil Foundation, 1967-1971, 1986,

Scope and Content Note

21 items: correspondence with Dominique and John de Menil, 4 photographs, and illustrated matter concerning research for the book Image of the Black in Western art , mainly a marble sculpture of an African head in Held's private collection. The letters also provide insight into a legal case involving a presumed portrait by Anthony van Dyck. With a mention of etchings by Ludwig Emil Grimm.

box 14, folder 22

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1950-1980

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 3 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held comments on a Rubens' painting in the Koppel collection and writes about artwork in the monastery Las Descalzas Reales in Madrid.

box 14, folder 23

Milwaukee Art Center, 1964

Scope and Content Note

5 items (6 leaves): 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. With a mention of a painting by David Teniers.

box 14, folder 24

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1960

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held.

box 14, folder 25

Musée du Louvre, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the conservator Jacque Foucart.

box 14, folder 26

Musée Mayer van den Bergh, 1951-1958, undated

Scope and Content Note

4 items (6 leaves): 2 letters to Held ( L. Jacobs van Merlen), 1 letter from Held, and typescript concerning attribution of a triptych to Jan van Scorel. Van Merlen mentions several paintings in his collection, including 1 by Cornelis van Dalem.

box 14, folder 27

Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, 1964-1965

Scope and Content Note

12 items (13 leaves): 7 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and list of paintings annotated by Held. Concerning exhibition Le siècle de Rubens . Included is a related letter to Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique from Nasjonalgalleriet Oslo.

box 14, folder 28

Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 14, folder 29

National Gallery (Great Britain), 1960-1969

Scope and Content Note

3 letters to Held.

box 14, folder 30

National Gallery of Art (U.S.), 1966-1997

Scope and Content Note

ca. 60 items: 28 letters to Held, 23 letters from Held, 2 photographs of van Dyck's portrait of Marchesa Grimaldi Cattaneo, and illustrated matter. Also present is a letter from Jens Christian Jensen to National Gallery.

box 14, folder 31

National Gallery of Canada, 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 14, folder 32

Norton Simon Foundation, 1962-1972

Scope and Content Note

16 items (21 leaves): 9 letters from Held, including receipts for consultation fees, 5 letters to Held, and notes. Concerning Rubens' paintings David and Goliath and Holy Women at the Sepulchre.

box 14, folder 33

Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, 1984, 1988

Scope and Content Note

ca. 7 items (9 leaves): 1984 correspondence with Paul Tanner regarding drawings by Rubens after works by Tobias Stimmer, with 3 leaves of illustrated matter; and 1988 correspondence with Paul Boerlin concerning Trinity, an oil sketch by Rubens from Col. R. H. Davies collection.

box 14, folder 34

Pennsylvania State University. Museum of Art, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 14, folder 35

Pierpont Morgan Library, 1964-1993

Scope and Content Note

ca. 50 items: correspondence with Pierpont Morgan Library, and related correspondence with Frick Art Reference Library, Egbert Haverkamp Begemann, Erwin Mitsch, Cincinnati Art Museum, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and editors of Master Drawings (Felice Stampfle). Also present are notes, 6 photographs, and 6 issues of the Pierpont Morgan Library publication. The letters detail Held's advisory role in matters related to the compiling of the catalog of Netherlandish and Flemish drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library collection. Several letters concern reprints and reproduction rights. [See also correspondence with Horst Vey filed in Box 7, F. 18].

box 14, folder 36

Princeton University. Art Museum, 1989-1995

Scope and Content Note

4 items (5 leaves): 2 letters to Held, schedule of a symposium on Herri met de Bles, and a note. Concerning Rubens' painting Death of Adonis and Herri met de Bles' painting Road to Calvary.

box 14, folder 37

Randolph-Macon College, 1967-1968

Scope and Content Note

3 items (4 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 14, folder 38

Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 15

Schlossmuseum (Gotha, Germany) - Yale University. Dept. of the History of Art

box 15, folder 1

Schlossmuseum (Gotha, Germany), 1967

Scope and Content Note

8 items: 7 letters to Held (from Ingeborg Neumeister) and 1 letter from Held. Regarding photoreprints. Held relates details concerning a painting of Virgin Mary by Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle). Also mentioned is a painting by Cranach.

box 15, folder 2

Seattle Art Museum, 1967-1973

Scope and Content Note

4 items (5 leaves): 2 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and 1 photograph. Concerning attribution of a drawing to Pellegrini.

box 15, folder 3

J. B. Speed Art Museum, 1965-1969

Scope and Content Note

19 items: 17 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. The letters detail Held's advisory role in acquisition matters.

box 15, folder 4

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 1967-1971

Scope and Content Note

5 items (6 leaves): 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 15, folder 5

Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1966

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held regarding a bust of Moses Mendelsohn.

box 15, folder 6

Städelsches Kunstinstitut (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1964-1967

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 3 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Regarding Rubens's painting Dido and Aeneas taking shelter from the storm.

box 15, folder 7

St. Louis Art Museum, 1982

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Regarding an annonymous drawing titled Portrait of a man.

box 15, folder 8

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1994-1995

Scope and Content Note

9 items (10 leaves): 7 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Concerning permission to publish Held's essay "Van Dyck's relationship with Rubens" and Held's advisory role in matters related to an exhibition of Anthony van Dyck.

box 15, folder 9

Timken Art Gallery, 1971

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Regarding a Rubens' sketch at Timken Art Gallery in Balboa Park in San Diego.

box 15, folder 10

Union League Club of Chicago, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Regarding attribution of a painting titled Artemisia drinking the ashes of her husband to Rubens.

box 15, folder 11

University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. College of Architecture and Art, 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from Anne Markham. Concerning Markham's research on a painting of Madonna and Child by Jean Provost.

box 15, folder 12

University of Norte Dame. Art Gallery, 1966-1968

Scope and Content Note

20 items (26 leaves): 15 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, and 2 photographs. Correspondence rich in detail concerning Held's advisory role to the Art Gallery, and his lecturing activities.

box 15, folder 13

University of Toronto. Dept. of Fine Art, 1979-1980, undated

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 4 letters to Held from the art historian Joaneath Spicer and 2 letters from Held. Regarding Held's lecturing activities. Spicer mentions her research on drawings by Roelandt Savery.

box 15, folder 14

Vassar College. Art Gallery, 1965

Scope and Content Note

11 items: 8 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and a letter from Charles Sterling to Vassar College (Thomas J. McCormick). The letters detail Held's advisory role in acquisition matters. Discussed are works by several artists, including Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Pieter Aertsen, Joachim Bueckelaer, Laurent de La Hire, Giovanni Rosa (Jan Roos), Peter Philip Roos (Rosa da Tivoli), and Pourbus (Hans von Aachen).

box 15, folder 15

Victoria and Albert Museum, 1967-1969

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 15, folder 16

Wadsworth Atheneum, 1955-1957

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held (extensively annotated by Held), 1 letter from Held, and a note. Regarding attribution of drawings to Jacob Jordaens, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, and Ottmar Elliger II.

box 15, folder 17

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.), 1986

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 15, folder 18

Wheaton College, 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 15, folder 19

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1980

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 15, folder 20

Worcester Art Museum, 1986-1988

Scope and Content Note

14 items: 7 letters to Held from the museums' director James A. Welu, 2 letters from Held, and related letters from Welu to Paul Vandenbroeck, Jenny van Achteren, and Alexis F. Audette. Also included is correspondence between Ingvar Bergström and Christian Theuerkauf. [See also correspondence with Welu filed in Box 7, F. 26.]

Series I.E. Liselotte Moser, 1935-1990

Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

This subseries consists of items related to the Swiss born artist Liselotte Moser. The main portion comprise 53 letters (ca. 250 leaves) Moser wrote to Held between1935 and 1977. All but two of her letters are photocopies. The originals were given by Held to the Kantonsbibliothek Nidwalden in Stans, Switzerland in 1990. Moser writes about her artwork and various art exhibits taking place in United States and Switzerland. She frequently mentions Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, William Suhr [Billy Suhr], Richard Ettinghausen, Ernst Scheyer, the actress Maria Fein and her daughter Maria Becker, and Held's children Anna and Michael. All of Moser's letters are in German. Other items include correspondence regarding Moser's estate, letters and tributes by friends, and press clippings concerning her exhibitions.

box 15

Liselotte Moser, 1935-1990

box 15, folder 21

Miscellaneous items, 1958-1990, undated,

Scope and Content Note

14 items (18 leaves): letters, receipts, notes, and press clippings. Some items are numberd by Held from 1-5, and 7-8. Included are:

Held, Julius, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 notes regarding this portion of the archive. With a biographical note about Moser.

Zanon, Carl E., 1983-1984

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held

Matt, Klaus von, 1983?

Scope and Content Note

1 item (2 leaves): a tribute by Moser's doctor.

Odermatt, Regula, 1990

Scope and Content Note

1 item: receipt listing Held's gifts to Kantonsbibliothek Nidwalden.

Press clippings, 1977, undated

Scope and Content Note

4 leaves: photocopies of press clippings regarding Moser's artwork.

Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, 1990

Scope and Content Note

1 item: a letter to Held acknowledging receipt of material about Moser; also regarding a painting by Jacob Jordaens.

Held, Julius, 1958

Scope and Content Note

2 items (4 leaves): Held's letter to Moser in 16th century style German. Original typescript and photocopy.

Moser, Liselotte, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held in minute script. Photocopy.

anonymous, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 handwritten note in German. Photocopy.

box 15, folder 22

Postcards (photocopies), 1974

Scope and Content Note

2 postcards (4 leaves).

box 15, folder 23

Letters (originals), 1970-1971

Scope and Content Note

2 letters (4 leaves). The letter from 1970 July 21 has title Letzter Erbsenbrief .

box 15, folder 24

Letters (photocopies), 1935-1939

Scope and Content Note

3 letters (14 leaves).

box 15, folder 25

Letters (photocopies), 1943-1944

Scope and Content Note

7 letters (26 leaves).

box 15, folder 26

Letters (photocopies), 1945

Scope and Content Note

4 letters (23 leaves).

box 15, folder 27

Letters (photocopies), 1946-1949

Scope and Content Note

6 letters (51 leaves).

box 15, folder 28

Letters (photocopies), 1950-1953

Scope and Content Note

4 letters (24 leaves).

box 15, folder 29

Letters (photocopies), 1957-1959

Scope and Content Note

6 letters (39 leaves).

box 15, folder 30

Letters (photocopies), 1960-1967

Scope and Content Note

7 leaves (33 leaves).

box 15, folder 31

Letters (photocopies), 1972-1977, undated

Scope and Content Note

11 letters (31 leaves).

Series I.F. Auction Houses, 1968-1998

Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

This subseries contains Held's correspondence with auction houses Christie's in New York and London (ca. 200 items), Dorotheum in Vienna (11 items), and Sotheby's in New York and London. (ca. 240 items). Besides letters, frequently included are photographs, color transparencies, handwritten notes, and printed and illustrated matter.

The letters detail Held's advisory role in matters of attribution, authentification, and provenance mainly of artwork by Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Occasionally discussed is artwork by other artists, including Johannes Boekhorst, Peter Bruegel the Younger, Gaspar de Crayer, Abraham van Diepenbeek, Lucas Franchoys, Jacob Jordaens, Theodor van Loon, Frans Pourbus II, Quellinus, Cornelis de Vos, and others.

Arranged alphabetically by auction house and chronologically within each group.

box 16

Christie's, Dorotheum, and Sotheby's, 1978-1997, undated

box 16, folder 1

Christie's New York, 1978

Scope and Content Note

1 item (3 leaves). A letter from Christie's New York to Wilbur C. Rice at Bennington Museum and a list of pictures with price information.

box 16, folder 2

Christie's London, 1980

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Concerning attribution of a black chalk drawing to Rubens.

box 16, folder 3

Christie's Brussels, London, and New York, 1981

Scope and Content Note

5 items. Concerning attribution of a painting to Rubens, a tapestry design for the Constantine series, and an Ecce Homo from the Marinucci collection in Rome.

box 16, folder 4

Christie's London and New York, 1982

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 5 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Concerning attribution of an oil sketch to Rubens and a Rubens drawing of the goddess Diana. With a mention of the Gollnow collection.

box 16, folder 5

Christie's London and New York, 1983

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 4 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and printed matter. Concerning Rubens's painting Virgin and Child of the Rosary, attribution of a painting to van Dyck, an Assumption drawing [Rubens?], and a drawing by G. B. Franco [Giovanni Battista Franco] from the McGowan collection.

box 16, folder 6

Christie's London and New York, 1984

Scope and Content Note

15 items (18 leaves): 9 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, examination report for van Dyck's painting Cardinal Domenico Rivarola, and printed matter. Mentioned is the sale of an oil sketch by Rubens.

box 16, folder 7

Christie's London and New York, 1985

Scope and Content Note

4 letters to Held. Regarding a Danaë [painting?], a painting by Opstal, and Dulwich pictures.

box 16, folder 8

Christie's London and New York, 1986

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 5 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and a note. Concerning an oil sketch by Rubens, and a drawing from the Dubaut collection.

box 16, folder 9

Christie's New York, 1987

Scope and Content Note

6 items (6 leaves): 3 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Regarding provenance of a Rubens portrait painting of an elderly man. With a mention of van Dyck's portrait of Marchese Cattaneo.

box 16, folder 10

Christie's London and New York, 1989

Scope and Content Note

26 items: 10 letters to Held, 4 letters from Held, receipts, printed and illustrated matter, 1 photograph, 5 color transparencies. Concerning attribution of several artworks to Rubens, van Dyck, Theodor van Loon, and Frans Pourbus II. Discussed are portraits of Nicholas Rockox, Eleanora de Medici, Ambrogio Spinola, and a cardinal. Held writes about a controversial Rubens attribution of a woodcut after Dürer. [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 12.]

box 16, folder 11

Christie's London and New York, 1990

Scope and Content Note

12 items: 9 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and a receipt. Regarding a seminar on van Dyck and an oil sketch after Rubens. With a mention of Baccants and Leopards .

box 16, folder 12

Christie's London and New York, 1991

Scope and Content Note

ca. 60 items (ca. 120 leaves): 16 letters to Held, 7 letters from Held, 3 photographs, several handwritten notes by Held, and ca. 60 leaves of printed and illustrated matter. Concerning the monogram NV [Nicolas Vrints?] on a panel painting, an artwork by [?] Teniers, and the attribution of a painting depicting brawling peasants to Rubens or Peter Bruegel the Younger.

box 16, folder 13

Christie's London and New York, 1992

Scope and Content Note

11 items: 8 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held , 1 photograph and a press clipping. Regarding several paintings by Rubens.

box 16, folder 14

Christie's London, New York, and Paris, 1993

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 4 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Regarding Rubens's oil sketch Torture of St. Chrysanthus, a painting bearing the mark of the panel makers' guild of Hans Claessen, and two allegorical paintings of Fortitude and Prudence by Rubens. Held questions the attribution of an artwork to Quellinus.

box 16, folder 15

Christie's London and New York, 1994

Scope and Content Note

8 items (9 leaves): 5 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and a photograph. A discussion of Rubens's paintings Fortitude and Prudence. Also included is correspondence with Anthony Crichton-Stuart regarding Rubens's sketch for the painting Conversion of St. Paul . With a mention of a painting by Pieter Angellis in the collection of Paul Oskar Kristeller.

box 16, folder 16

Christie's London, 1995

Scope and Content Note

9 items (10 leaves): 4 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, 1 color transparency of Conversion of St. Paul [by Rubens?], and 4 photographs. Mainly concerning attribution of a Madonna with Child painting to Anthony van Dyck. Mentioned is the sale of a Rembrandt painting. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 13.]

box 16, folder 17

Christie's New York, 1996

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 16, folder 18

Christie's London, 1997

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 4 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Regarding a study of a head of a man with curly hair considered to be related to a figure in the Vienna painting Saint Ambrosius and the Emperor Theodosius. With a mention of Arnout Balis.

box 16, folder 19

Christie's London and New York, undated

Scope and Content Note

7 items: a letter to Held from Ian Kennedy at Christie's New York; and a letter to Held from Christie's London (Rachel Mauro), dated 13 October 199[sic], regarding a painting by Monogrammist I.F. With Mauro's letter are included 3 color transparencies, and printed and illustrated matter. [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 14.]

box 16, folder 20

Dorotheum (Firm), 1968

Scope and Content Note

11 items: 9 letters to Held from Hans Herbst and 2 letters from Held. The letters detail Held's advisory role to Dorotheum, his purchases of artwork and books, and price information. Extensively discussed is a controversial attribution of a sketch depicting a drunken Silenus to Lucas Franchoys or Anthony van Dyck. In German.

box 16, folder 21-40

Sotheby's, 1978-1998

box 16, folder 21

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1978

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 photograph. Regarding attribution of a painting to Rubens or to van Dyck. With a mention of a drawing by Giulio Bonasone.

box 16, folder 22

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1979

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held regarding Leonard Bentley. [See also correspondence with Bentley filed in Box 9, F.2.]

box 16, folder 23

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1980

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held.

box 16, folder 24

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1981

Scope and Content Note

5 letters to Held. Regarding attribution of various artwork to Rubens, Jordaens, and Boekhorst. Discussed is a drawing of a young man playing a recorder [lute]. With a mention of artwork owned by Mr. Hertogue, Alexis van Egeren, and Hervey-Bathurst; and comments on the attribution of Cardiff cartoons to Rubens.

box 16, folder 25

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1983

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 4 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Regarding drawings attributed to Jordaens, Cornelis de Vos, and Jan Gossaert, and a drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne after Annibale Carracci. Also mentioned are Rubens's drawings in the collections of Mr. and Mrs. Bicks and Du Cann.

box 16, folder 26

Sotheby's, 1984

Scope and Content Note

26 items: 17 letters to Held, including 1 from Eugene Victor Thaw [E. V. Thaw & Co. in New York], 6 letters from Held, illustrated matter, and 3 invoices. Regarding mainly Anthony van Dyck's Astronomer and a landscape sketch by Rubens.

box 16, folder 27

Sotheby's, 1985

Scope and Content Note

15 items: 8 letters to Held, 6 letters from Held, and a typescript by Piero Morelli. Correspondence rich in detail concerning Rubens's painting Four parts of the world , and Rubens attribution of two landscape paintings from the Neuerburg collection. With a mention of paintings attributed to van Dyck.

box 16, folder 28

Sotheby's, 1986

Scope and Content Note

9 items: 8 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Concerning several artworks by Rubens, including a painting in the Cook collection. Also discussed are drawings in the Springell collection.

box 16, folder 29

Sotheby's, 1987

Scope and Content Note

ca. 25 items (on 29 leaves): 16 letters to Held, 5 letters from Held, 2 photographs, including 1 in color, 1 color transparency, and printed and illustrated matter. Concerning Rubens's paintings Adoration of the Magi and Judgement of Paris. Also discussd is attribution of several artworks, including a portrait painting of the first Earl of Haddington, a drawing of a male head, a painting attributed to Jan Bruegel, and a drawing of Cleopatra [Hygiea]. The color photograph is of van Dyck's painting Black servant (Negerpage) . Extensive annotations. [Color photograph (with 1 leaf of notes) and color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 15.]

box 16, folder 30

Sotheby's, 1988

Scope and Content Note

ca. 15 items: 7 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, 4 photographs, including 1 in color, 2 color transparencies, illustrated matter, and a photocopy of Franz Kieslinger's expert opinion from 1948 by regarding a Rubens drawing. [Color photograph and color transparency are shelved in Box 159, F. 16.]

box 16, folder 31

Sotheby's, 1989

Scope and Content Note

10 items: 5 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, 3 photographs and 1 color transparency. Held's opinion on three paintings: Atalanta and Meleager , Democritus and Heraclitus, and Penitent Magdalene . With a mention of studies in red chalk and a drawing of Hygeia [see items in Box 75, F. 7]. Also concerning attribution of a painting to van Dyck. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 17.]

box 16, folder 32

Sotheby's, 1990

Scope and Content Note

9 items (10 leaves): 7 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 color transparency. Regarding Rubens attribution of a portrait of a cleric, and van Dyck attribution of a grisaille painting of Senator Paul Halmalius. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 18.]

box 16, folder 33

Sotheby's, 1991

Scope and Content Note

24 items: 12 letters to Held, 6 letters from Held, 3 photographs, 1 color transparency, a color slide and printed matter. Regarding van Dyck attribution of a painting of St. Peter, Rubens or van Dyck attribution of a study of a hound, Gaspar de Crayer attribution of painting Pieta with adoring Saints Francis of Assisi and Elizabeth of Hungary , Rubens attribution of a Holy Family painting from Buenos Aires, and Johannes Boekhorst attribution of an Apollo and Daphne drawing. [Color transparency and slide are shelved in Box 159, F. 19.]

box 16, folder 34

Sotheby's, 1992

Scope and Content Note

6 items (8 leaves): 3 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and a small illustration of a painting from the Bolognese School. The letters regard attribution of painting Conversion of St. Paulto Rubens or Abraham van Diepenbeeck. Mentioned are several Italian and French school paintings offered for sale on July 6th in London. Held comments on two paintings offered for sale on Jan. 15 [1993] in New York.

box 16, folder 35

Sotheby's, 1993, undated

Scope and Content Note

14 items (16 leaves): 7 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, a typescript on Rubens's portrait of a young man from the van Loon collection, and 3 photographs, including 1 in color. Regarding Rubens attribution of a drawing of a male head and a nude male figure seen from the back. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 20.]

box 16, folder 36

Sotheby's, 1994

Scope and Content Note

9 items: 2 letters and a note to Held, 2 photographs, and illustrated and printed matter. Regarding a drawing by Parmigianino depicting Salome receiving the head of St. John the Baptist .

box 16, folder 37

Sotheby's, 1995

Scope and Content Note

28 items: 6 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, 2 notes addressed to Held, 3 leaves of catalog entries, 9 photographs, and 6 color transparencies. Regarding paintings Crucifixion, Portrait of a lady, and Cupid by van Dyck and a follower of van Dyck. Also discussed are paintings Ferdinand de Boisschot Lord of Saventhem, wearing the order of Santiago , Hero and Leander at the shore of the Hellespont , Holy Family with Saint John, and Portrait of Archduke Albert of Austria. Also concerning attribution of a painting titled Profile of a man. Included is a photograph and a color transparency of a painting depicting a little white dog. [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 21.]

box 16, folder 38

Sotheby's, 1996

Scope and Content Note

13 items: 3 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, a handwritten note regarding a Salome drawing, 3 color transparencies, and 4 photographs, including 2 in color. Concerning Gustave Doré drawing Christ entering Jerusalem, a painting by Bouguereau, a drawing by Anthonis Sallaert (also attributed to Johannes Boekhorst), and Rubens paintings Beheading of Saint John the Baptist , Head of a youth, and Mars taking leave of Venus . [Color photographs and color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 22.]

box 16, folder 39

Sotheby's, 1997

Scope and Content Note

ca. 14 items: 5 letters to Held, a fax to Held (4 leaves, extensively annotated), 4 letters from Held, 3 photographs, including 2 in color, and printed and illustrated matter. Concerning Rubens's painting Head of John the Baptist presented to Salome [see also Box 16, F. 38]. Also mentioned are Rubens's paintings Mater Dolorosa and Madonna holding a rosary with the standing Christ child , a painting of Diogenes, and an oil sketch (by Rubens?) from the Henle collection. Included is Sotheby's catalogue preview of Rubens's painting A study of the head of a man. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 23.]

box 16, folder 40

Sotheby's, 1998

Scope and Content Note

5 items (14 leaves): 1 letter to Held, 2 color transparencies, and 2 Sotheby's catalogue previews of paintings Head of John the Baptist presented to Salome and Madonna holding a rosary with the standing Christ child blessing by Rubens. [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 24.]

Series I.G. Collectors and Dealers, 1951-1999

Physical Description: 1.25 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

This subseries comprises correspondence with private art collectors and dealers, with frequent inclusion of related printed and illustrated matter such as catalog entries for various artwork, photocopies of opinions by other scholars, press clippings, Held's handwritten notes, photographs, and color transparencies. The letters predominantly concern Held's expert opinion about artworks by Rubens, van Dyck, and numerous other Flemish artists. They also provide insight into the collecting interest, and professional and business activities of many private collectors and dealers. The subseries contains extensive correspondence with Richard L. Feigen & Company, Armand Hammer, Heim Gallery, Günter Henle, Heinz Kisters, Galerie Meissner, Otto Naumann, Ltd., Newhouse Galleries, Natan Saban, Schaeffer Galleries, Julius H. Weitzner, Henry H. Weldon, and Whitfield Fine Art Limited.

box 17

Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd. - Heim Gallery

box 17, folder 1

Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., 1967, 1984

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Regarding Rubens's oil sketch Allegory of Caritas, and a painting from the collection of Sir Edmund Bacon. With a mention of art work by van Dyck and Bruegel.

box 17, folder 2

Daphne Alazraki (Gallery : New Yor, N.Y.), 1992

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Regarding painting referred to as the Virgin nursing the infant Jesus. With a mention of Johannes Boekhorst and [Jan van?] Hemessen.

box 17, folder 3

J. G. A. (Old Masters) Ltd., 1979

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Ian G. Appleby. Concerning a print after Rubens's copy of Titian's Danaë by Jan Lauwryn Krafft [Jan Lodewyk Krafft].

box 17, folder 4

Aram, Siegfried F., 1962-1964, undated

Scope and Content Note

7 items (ca. 20 leaves): 4 letters to Held, photograph of a painting by Rosa Bonheur, 1 book ( The Ehrhardt Galleries Berlin Baden-Baden New York , n.d., [16] p., annotated), and an archival folder annotated by Held.

box 17, folder 5

Bader, Alfred, 1973-1994

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 items (37 leaves): 11 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, conservation report of a painting by Jacob van Oost prepared by the firm Charles Munch & Jane Furchgott Art Restorers, 1 color slide, 1 color transparency, 7 photographs, including 1 in color, 3 leaves of printed matter, and a draft portion (7 leaves) of Bader's autobiography concerning the sale of Ulrich Middeldorf library to the Getty Reserach Library. [The color transparency, color photograph, and color slide are shelved in Box 159, F. 25.]

box 17, folder 6

Baur de Boer, Piet, 1964, undated

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. With a mention of a painting by Rubens from the Kleiweg de Zwaan collection.

box 17, folder 7

Berry-Hill Galleries, 1980, 1986

Scope and Content Note

12 items: 5 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, including 1 to H. Rodes Hart, 2 photographs and printed and illustrated matter. Concerning attribution of a drawing titled Two centaurs abducting young women to Rubens.

box 17, folder 8

C.G. Boerner (Firm), 1979-1983

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 3 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Ruth-Maria Muthmann at C.G. Boerner in Düseldorf concerning Held's private collection of prints.

box 17, folder 9

Bunzl, Yvonne Tan, 1992

Scope and Content Note

1 thank-you letter to Held.

box 17, folder 10

H. M. Calmann Old Master Drawings, 1956

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held regarding a painting by Pieter Angellis in the collection of Paul Oskar Kristeller. With a mention of artwork by Rubens.

box 17, folder 11

David Carritt Limited, 1980

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from David Carritt to Eugene Victor Thaw. Regarding Rubens attribution of a sketch in Munich.

box 17, folder 12

Central Pictures Galleries, 1976-1993

Scope and Content Note

3 items (5 leaves): 1 letter from Held and 2 letters to Held. Held writes extensively about the painting Combat between Hercules and Antaeus by Rubens and Jordaens. Also regarding paintings by Charles Chaplin and Caspar Netscher.

box 17, folder 13

Colnaghi (Gallery), 1985-1987

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, a note, and 2 color transparencies. Regarding paintings by van Dyck and Rubens, including van Dyck's Study of a man seen from behind. [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 26.]

box 17, folder 14

P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 1978

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held: from Clovis Whitfield regarding the painting Nero and Galba by Rubens; and from Shaunagh Fitzgerald regarding attribution of a drawing Study of a man leaning on a staff to van Dyck.

box 17, folder 15

Daniels, David, 1972

Scope and Content Note

2 items (4 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Concerning attribution of an oil sketch to Rubens. With a mention of Louis A. Ferré.

box 17, folder 16

Drey, Francis A., 1951

Scope and Content Note

3 letters to Held concerning a drawing by Rubens.

box 17, folder 17

Ernst, Albert J., 1989-1992

Scope and Content Note

ca. 17 items: 6 letters to Held, 5 letters from Held, copy of a certified statement by Muller [?] regarding Rubens's Portrait of Nicolas Rockoy , and 3 photographs. Concerning attribution of artwork by Anthony van Dyck, Rubens, and [Philips?] Wouwerman. Also present is a letter to Held from Samuel Neuman, dated 11 July 1978, concerning the Nicolas Rockoy portrait. Ernst mentions the art dealer F. Rothmann.

box 17, folder 18-19

Richard L. Feigen & Company, 1972-1994

Scope and Content Note

ca. 80 items: ca. 30 letters to Held, ca. 15 letters from Held, printed and illustrated matter, 6 color transparencies, and 6 photographs, including 1 in color. Correspondence with Richard L. Feigen and his staff, copy of a letter to Feigen from Henri Morgenroth, Held's correspondence with the legal firm Pinto & Cru, and Feigen's letter to Jonathan Brown. Correspondence rich in detail concerning attribution of numerous artworks. Several letters are annotated by Held. [See also flat file folder Box 145*, F. 8 for press article on Richard Feigen.] [Color photograph and color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 27.]

box 17, folder 20

Herbert E. Feist (Firm), 1967-1969

Scope and Content Note

11 items: 4 letters to Held, 3 photographs, and printed and illustrated matter. Concerning Jacob Jordaens painting Delilah and Samson from the collection of Paul Frank, a drawing believed to be a self-portrait by Rubens, and a drawing by Frans Hals. With a photocopy of an appraisal of the Jordaens painting. [See also item filed in Box 62, F. 21.]

box 17, folder 21

Shaunagh Fitzgerald Ltd., 1981-1984

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 4 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Concerning a Rubens drawing from the collection of Mrs. Calmann.

box 17, folder 22

Gallery Kekko, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held regarding a drawing by Jan van Boeckhorst [Johannes Boekhorst]. Annotated by Held.

box 17, folder 23

Galerie Sanct Lucas, 1987-1999

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence with Robert Herzig regarding attribution of a painting to Parmigianino, and paintings by Rubens, mainly two hunting scenes.

box 17, folder 24

Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. Goldschmidt mentions artwork by Carracci, Du Fresnoy, and Dürer in Held's collection; and attribution of a drawing to Filippo Lauri.

box 17, folder 25

Bob P. Haboldt & Co., 1987-1996

Scope and Content Note

10 items: 5 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held, including Held's correspondence with Gary Oldman at Scotland Yard, and 2 color transparencies. Concerning provenance and van Dyck attribution of a sketch from the collection of Ernst Cohn, and Rubens attribution of the painting Samson bringing down the big house of the Philistines . Haboldt mentions Rubens's drawings after Holbein's Dance of death series. [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 28.]

box 17, folder 26

Michael Hall Fine Arts, 1980

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 17, folder 27

Hammer, Armand, 1970-1990

Scope and Content Note

ca. 40 items: Held's correspondence with Armand and Victor Hammer, invoices, and Held's handwritten notes. Also present are copies of expert opinions by Held, Michael Jaffé, Gustav Glück, Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, Ludwig Burchard, and William E. Suida regarding several artworks by Rubens, mainly the paintings Nativity and Venus wounded by a thorn. Also regarding artwork by Rembrandt: a drawing, Self-portrait at the age of twenty-four and a portrait painting Man holding a black hat , the latter owned by Middendorf.

box 17, folder 28

Harari & Johns Ltd., 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held regarding portrait of Archduchess Isabella. Annotated by Held.

box 17, folder 29

Heim Gallery, 1968-1989

Scope and Content Note

ca. 56 items: ca. 33 letters to Held and ca. 14 letters from Held, 1 photograph, handwritten notes and typescripts. The letters are frequently annotated by Held and concern predominantly his expert opinion on artwork by Rubens, mainly the paintings Philips and Clara Rubens, nephew and niece of the painter, lying in a bed and Atalanta and Meleager. Several letters concern Rembrandt's painting Polish rider. Also discussed is the painting Race of Hippomenes and Atalanta from the Heugel collection. Present is a letter from Heim Gallery (Andrzej S. Ciechanowiecki) to the governor of Puerto Rico Luis A. Ferré regarding numerous sculptures and paintings by various European artists. Also present are letters to Held from Peter O. Marlow at Wadsworth Atheneum and Frederick J. Cummings, Inc. in New York, and Held's letter to Diethelm Doll regarding a portrait by Rubens. With a mention of the Cardiff cartoons.

box 18

Günter Henle - Jean Neger,

box 18, folder 1

Henle, Günter, 1963-1971

Scope and Content Note

67 items (ca. 90 leaves): ca. 40 letters to Held, ca. 20 letters from Held, and a note. Correspondence rich in detail concerning Held's advisory role to the German art collector and industrialist. The letters concern chiefly Held's expert opinion about Henle's acquisitions of Rubens's paintings David and Abigail, Andreas, Johannes, and an oil sketch. Also discussed is artwork by [Adriaan] Brouwer, Jan Wijnants, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, Sebastian Vrancx, Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem, and a painting by the Master of 1518. Henle writes about his autobiography Weggenosse des Jahrhunderts . Included is a letter to Held from Frederick Mont, Inc. Frequently mentioned is [Heinz?] Kisters.

box 18, folder 2

Jernow, Stanley Kenneth, 1972-1999

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 5 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 color photograph. Regarding Rubens's paintings of Roman emperors, and the attribution of a painting Mocking of Christ. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 29.]

box 18, folder 3

Jack Kilgore & Co., 1996

Scope and Content Note

12 items: 3 letters to Held, a typescript note, 2 photographs, and 2 color transparencies. Also included is Held's 1986 correspondence with Eva Dencker-Winkler in Zurich and a letter to Dencker-Winkler from Michael Jaffé at the Fitzwilliam Museum, regarding the oil sketch Head of a bearded man by Rubens. [See also Held's 1997 correspondence with Christie's London, filed in Box 16, F. 18.] [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 30.]

box 18, folder 4

Kisters, Heinz, 1972-1994

Scope and Content Note

44 items (ca. 60 leaves): ca. 10 letters to Held, ca. 20 letters from Held, 1 color transparency, 7 photographs, notes, printed and illustrated matter. Held's correspondence with the Swiss art collectors Heinz, Gerlinde and Friedrich Kisters. Heinz Kisters describes his efforts to defend himself against accusations that he sold art forgeries to the German chancellor Konrad Adenauer (letter from 24 Jan. 1972). The letters are rich in detail regarding authentification of several Rubens paintings in the Kisters collection, chielfy a portrait of Erzherzog Maximilian III. Also present is related correspondence between Held, Sammlung H. Kisters and Hans Vlieghe, and a letter to Gerlinde Kisters from Konrad Renger at Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 31.]

box 18, folder 5

M. Knoedler & Co., 1964-1968

Scope and Content Note

10 items: 4 letters to Held, copies of correspondence between London and New York branches of M. Knoedler & Co., and 4 financial statements regarding Held's account with M. Knoedler & Co.

box 18, folder 6

David Koetser Gallery, 1967-1988

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. concerning Rubens's paintings Head and shoulders of St. Peter and The infant Baccus . With a mention of van Dyck's Lord Belper.

box 18, folder 7

Le Claire, Thomas, 1986

Scope and Content Note

5 items: correspondence with Thomas le Claire Kunsthandel (1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held), 2 photographs, and 1 color transparency. Regarding a red and black chalk drawings showing a bearded male head. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 32.]

box 18, folder 8

Leitman, Norman, 1983

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Regarding attribution of a painting to Artus Wolfert.

box 18, folder 9

Stephen Mazoh & Co. (New York, N.Y.), 1987-1994

Scope and Content Note

ca. 12 items: 5 letters to Held, 1 letter and typescript (2 leaves) from David Bull to Stephen Mazoh, 1 color transparency, 3 photographs, and printed and illustrated matter annotated by Held. Concerning Rubens's painting Leda and the swan .

box 18, folder 10

McDonough, John J., 1968

Scope and Content Note

3 items (5 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Held mentions artwork by American artists Alexander Helwig Wyant, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and Alfred Maurer in his private collection.

box 18, folder 11-13

Galerie Meissner (Zurich, Switzerland), 1967-1999, undated,

Scope and Content Note

ca. 97 items (ca. 155 leaves): ca. 54 letters to Held, ca. 26 letters from Held, an invoice, a postcard, 1 color photograph of the Swiss Alps, 1 photograph of a marine painting, printed and illustrated matter, and 2 typescripts: "Address at the funeral ceremony for Walter Roshardt (Zurich, Sept. 28, 1966)" by Mark Buchman, and Kurt Meissner's essay on Walter Roshardt's drawings and watercolors. Also present is a letter from Mrs. Nathan Weinstein (Edith) to Held, and Kurt Meisner's letter to his son Bruno. The letters detail Kurt Meissner's professional activities as an art dealer and his attempts to find an American publisher for his book on Walter Roshardt. The letters also provide insight into Held's advisory role to Galerie Meissner in matters of attribution of artwork by various artists, including Rubens, Johannes Boekhorst, and Joseph Heintz.

box 18, folder 14

Miller, W. Edmund, 1975, undated,

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Helen B. Miller, wife of the collector W. Edmund Miller regarding a Rubens painting.

box 18, folder 15

Frederick Mont, Inc., 1966-1982

Scope and Content Note

7 items (8 leaves): 6 letters to Held from Betty and Frederick Mont and 1 letter from Held. Mainly concerning an oilsketch of Ganymede by Rubens. Betty Mont mentions acquisitions of paintings by [Georg?] Flegel, Michiel Sweerts, and Bernardino Luini.

box 18, folder 16

Otto Naumann, Ltd., 1978-1989

Scope and Content Note

18 items: 11 letters to Held, 4 letters from Held to Naumann and 1 to Marie Louise Garbaty in New York, 1 leaf of typescript, and 1 photograph. Chiefly concerning artwork by Anthony van Dyck, including a sketch in the Garbaty collection. Also regarding a painting in the collection of Dr. Kramarsky. Naumann provides details regarding sale prices of artwork by Rubens in 1984 and 1985, and mentions selling on consignment a painting by the Master of Saint Sang. Naumann's letters also provide insight into his professional career as art history teacher at the University of Delaware.

box 18, folder 17

Neger, Jean, 1964

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter to Held. With a mention of J. Paul Getty.

box 19

Newhouse Galleries - Zangrilli, Brady & Co.,

box 19, folder 1-2

Newhouse Galleries, 1967-1991

Scope and Content Note

ca. 100 items (ca. 140 leaves): 67 letters to Held, chiefly from Clyde Newhouse, 17 letters from Held, handwritten notes, and a press clipping. Also present is a letter to Clyde Newhouse from Barnard College (Mrs. John Elliott, Jr.), correspondence between Held, Newhouse Galleries and Peter Mertens, and a letter from the Newhouse Galleries to the Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis A. Ferré. The letters detail Held's advisory role to the Newhouse Galleries in matters of authentification and attribution of artwork by Rubens and van Dyck.

box 19, folder 3

Noortman (Maastricht) B.V., 1993

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Regarding a payment.

box 19, folder 4

Normand, Jacques, 1978

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held regarding Rubens attribution of a painting from the estate of Mrs. Verdier-Vuillez.

box 19, folder 5

Nystad Antiquairs N.V., 1963-1969

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 2 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Regarding attribution of a 17th century Flemish portrait.

box 19, folder 6

Reisdorff, Robert, 1972

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Regarding Held's opinion about the paintings Saint Andrew by Anthony van Dyck and Presentation in the temple by Jan de Beer.

box 19, folder 7

Paul Rosenberg & Co., 1986

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Correspondence with Alexandre Rosenberg regarding attribution of an artwork.

box 19, folder 8

Rosenberg & Stiebel, 1969-1970

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Correspondence with Saemy Rosenberg and Eric Stiebel regarding a painting by Jordaens and attribution of a painting of St. Luke to the Master of the Magdalen-Legend [Meester van de Magdalena-legende].

box 19, folder 9

Rosenbloom, Charles J., 1973

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from an art collector in Pittsburg regarding measurenments of two artworks: a painting by Rembrandt and a Nativity scene.

box 19, folder 10

Saban, Natan, 1991-1999

Scope and Content Note

30 items (36 leaves): 10 letters to Held, 6 letters from Held, photocopy of Michael Jaffé's opinion of Rubens's painting Portrait of a Lady seated in an arm chair , 3 letters accompanying payments, illustrated matter, 5 photographs, including 2 in color, and 2 color transparencies. Regarding Held's opinion of various artwork in Saban's collection, chiefly by Rubens, David Teniers the Younger, and Rembrandt. Saban lists several paintings included in his private collection. [Color photographs and color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 33.]

box 19, folder 11

Spencer A. Samuels & Company, 1966-1990

Scope and Content Note

6 letters (7 leaves) to Held. Regarding attribution of two paintings to van Dyck. With a mention of Holy Family by Rubens.

box 19, folder 12

Schaeffer Galleries, 1956-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

17 items: 15 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. The letters detail Hanns and Kate Schaeffer's travel and professional activities. Mentioned is artwork by several artists, including van Dyck, van Ostade [Adriaen?, Isack?], Jacob van Ruisdael, and Meester van de Magdalena-legende. Extensively discussed is Rubens's painting Sacrifice of Abraham [ Das Opfer Abrahams] from the collection of Mrs. [Marie Louise?] Garbaty. Hanns Schaeffer mentions the painting Beweinung Christi [ Lamentation] by van Dyck. With frequent mention of the Loewenthal collection. Held comments on several paintings offered for sale at Christie's (letter from 7April 1967). Several letters are annotated by Held.

box 19, folder 13

Seligman, Germain, 1971-1972

Scope and Content Note

6 items (7 leaves): 3 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and 1 photograph. Scholarly discussion concerning a low relief marble sculpture The Last Supper.

box 19, folder 14

Shepherd Gallery, 1981-1982

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held from Robert Kashey and 1 letter from Held. Regarding a study for the painting Die blaue Stunde by Max Klinger, and attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 19, folder 15

Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, 1967

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held regarding a drawing by Gaspar de Crayer from the H. Hamal Leod collection, and attribution of a painting to Rubens. Annotated by Held.

box 19, folder 16

Spanierman Gallery, 1990

Scope and Content Note

8 items (9 leaves): 23 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, typescript and printed matter. Regarding a copy after Rubens, and the painting Portrait of a woman by Charles Ulrich.

box 19, folder 17

David Tunick, Inc., 1986

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held concerning attribution of two sketches of lions to Rubens, and a study of a head of a bearded man with cap to van Dyck.

box 19, folder 18

Upper Grosvenor Galleries, 1962-1963

Scope and Content Note

11 items (13 leaves): 8 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held, including Held's correspondence with Charles Graves. Concerning attribution of Portrait of the Duke of Manua from the collection of Charles Graves.

box 19, folder 19

Verrijken, Emile, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 letter (2 leaves) to Held from an art collector in Antwerp. Regarding Held's opinion on Rubens's painting Battle of the Amazons, and concerning attribution of various paintings by [Artus?] Wolfort [Wolfert] and Cornelis de Vos. Annotated by Held. [Also see items filed in Box 63, F. 14.]

box 19, folder 20

Walpole Gallery, 1989

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from Clovis Whitfield, a handwritten note by Held referring to the letter, and an annotated Walpole Gallery printed courtesy note.

box 19, folder 21

Weitzner, Julius H., 1962-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 42 items (47 leaves): 28 letters to Held, 8 letters from Held, 2 handwritten notes, illustrated matter, and 1 photograph. The letters detail Weitzner's professional activities and frequently include mention of other arts dealers and experts, chiefly Michael Jaffé. Weitzner writes about the shifting values in the art market during the early 1960s (letter from April 25 1962). Also discussed are artworks by several Dutch and Flemish artists, including Rubens and Jordaens.

box 19, folder 22

Weldon, Henry H., 1984-1994, undated

Scope and Content Note

10 items: 6 letters to Held and 3 letters from Held. Correspondence between Held, Henry H. Weldon, and Jimmy [?] regarding a portrait painting of Marten Ryckaert by Anthony van Dyck. Also present is a letter to Weldon from Walter Liedtke at the Metropolitan Museum of Art concerning van Dyck's study of the Repentent Magdalene and an "account" book attributed to Rubens. Weldon recalls his meeting with Indira Gandhi.

box 19, folder 23

Alex Wengraf Limited, 1986-1991

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 4 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and typescript with catalog entry for the painting Rinaldo and Armida by Gaspar de Crayer. With a mention of Julius Weitzner and Luis Ferré.

box 19, folder 24

Whitfield Fine Art Limited, 1986-1987

Scope and Content Note

13 items (19 leaves): 4 letters to Held from Clovis Whitfield, 2 letters from Held, photocopies of typescripts, illustrated and printed matter, 1 photograph, and a note. Regarding a painting by Rubens from the Aranc de Presle collection and a group portrait by van Dyck. Also mentioned is Rubens's sketch Magnanimity of Scipio . With a mention of Christian Klemm. [See also correspondence with Klemm in Box 4, F. 6.]

box 19, folder 25

Wildenstein and Company (New York, N.Y.), 1951-1989

Scope and Content Note

ca. 12 items: 6 letters to Held, 3 letters from Held, a billing statement from Held, 1 photograph and 1 color transparency. Regarding several artworks by Rubens, including a drawing, a sketch of a Wild bull hunt, the painting Rape of the Sabine women, and Rubens attribution of a painting of two infants. Also regarding attribution of a portrait of a naval commander.

box 19, folder 26

Zangrilli, Brady & Co., 1985-1986

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 4 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and a billing statement from Held. Correspondence with Mark Brady, including 1985 correspondence with Brady at Colnaghi in New York. Regarding attribution of the painting Head of a man to van Dyck. [See also items filed in Box 62, F. 17.]

Series I.H. Miscellaneous Inquiries, 1949-1999

Physical Description: 3.34 Linear Feet 8 boxes

Scope and Content Note

This subseries comprises correspondence concerning Held's expert opinion in matters of attribution for various artworks, predominantly to Rubens and van Dyck, but also to other artists mainly of Dutch and Flemish schools. Frequently included are photographs, color transparencies, slides, and illustrated matter. Occasionally present are photocopies of expert opinions by other scholars, conservation reports, billing statements and receipts for consultation fees, and printed matter, mainly photocopies from published catalog entries or auction catalogs. Some letters and photographs are annotated by Held, usually with a short comment or a bibliographical reference concerning the artwork in question.

A few unidentified items are filed in box 27, folders 52 and 53.

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

box 20

Charles Alabaster - William C. Copping

box 20, folder 1

Alabaster, Charles, 1992

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 20, folder 2

Alazraki, Daphne, 1992

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 20, folder 3

Alvarez, Carl, 1992

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held, with envelope. Attribution of an artwork to Rubens.

box 20, folder 4

Amon, Robert, 1966

Scope and Content Note

2 items: letter to Held and a photograph. Attribution of a painting to Leonardo da Vinci.

box 20, folder 5

Anderson, Alvin E., 1962

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held.

box 20, folder 6

Artman, William, 1962

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and a photograph. Attribution of a painting to Rembrandt.

box 20, folder 7

Ashkar, Fuad S., 1975

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, photocopy of appraisal, and a photograph. Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 20, folder 8

Averni, Umberto, 1971-1972

Scope and Content Note

4 items (6 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held.

box 20, folder 9

Baars, Henk, 1987

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, 1 photograph, and 1 color transparency. Regarding attribution to Rubens of an oil sketch referred to as the Treaty of Angoulème to Rubens. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 34.]

box 20, folder 10

Baligand, Françoise, 1985

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 color photograph. Attribution to Anthony van Dyck of a painting depicting Prometheus. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 35.]

box 20, folder 11

Bargolini, Giovanni, 1984

Scope and Content Note

7 items (10 leaves): 1 letter to Held, correspondence between Bargolini and Michael Jaffé, and 4 color photographs of a painting referred to as the Flight into Egypt . [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 36.]

box 20, folder 12

Bassham, Ben, 1981

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Concerning a painting by Sebastian Vrancx.

box 20, folder 13

Batchelor, Clarence Daniel, 1962

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the cartoonist, and 1 letter from Held.

box 20, folder 14

Bauder, Jane S., undated

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 photograph.

box 20, folder 15

Bayer, Peter von, 1982-1983

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 2 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, copy and German translation of a sales agreement with Nuria Bordas Marill, and a photograph. Attribution to Rubens of a painting depicting Christ.

box 20, folder 16

Becker, Christa, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 20, folder 17

Beier, Norman S., 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 20, folder 18

Belin, Charles, 1986-1987

Scope and Content Note

8 items (9 leaves): 5 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and photocopy of a business letter regarding construction permits. Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 20, folder 19

Belmont, I. J., Mrs. 1966

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held.

box 20, folder 20

Berger, A., 1990

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from A. Berger at Kunsthaus im Welserhof Peter Gölitz in Augsburg.

box 20, folder 21

Berlowitz, Leslie, 1997

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Berlowitz at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and 1 letter from Held.

box 20, folder 22

Berman, Ann, 1984

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter from Held and a handwritten note with Berman's address.

box 20, folder 23

Bernard, Margrit, 1994

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 1 letter to Held from an art dealer in Aachen, 1 letter from Held, and 4 photographs, including 1 in color. Attribution of a painting referred to as the Triumph of the victor to the school of Rubens. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 37.]

box 20, folder 24

Bertoldi, Neva de, 1968

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 2 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and 1 color transparency. Attribution of a painting referred to as the Raising of Lazarus. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 38.]

box 20, folder 25

Bertrand, M.-A., 1988

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 2 letters to Held, letter to Bertrand from Guy Herdebaut, a certificate, 1 color polaroid photograph and illustrated matter. Concerning attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as portrait of Rubens's mother. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 39.]

box 20, folder 26

Beugels, Eddy M. J., 1988

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held regarding the painting Arion saved by Dolphins from Antoon van Welie collection.

box 20, folder 27

Bick, Malcolm, 1982

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 20, folder 28

Biró, László, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 items: a business card and a handwritten note by Held.

box 20, folder 29

Bisiaux, Marie Lucie, 1980

Scope and Content Note

2 items: letter to Held from Galerie Yannick Bideau and photograph of a drawing.

box 20, folder 30

Bladon, Patricia P., 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from a curator at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and 1 letter from Held.

box 20, folder 31

Bloch, Robert, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 items: letter to Held and photograph of a drawing.

box 20, folder 32

Blume, Andrew C., 1987

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from Blume at Wadsworth Atheneum, 1 letter from Held, and a photograph. Attribution of a drawing to van Dyck.

box 20, folder 33

Bodo, Susan, 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held.

box 20, folder 34

Bocchieri, John, 1971, 1979

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 2 letters to Held and 3 photographs, including 2 in color. Attribution of two paintings to Dutch school and to van Dyck. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 41.]

box 20, folder 35

Bodart, Didier, 1973

Scope and Content Note

6 items: photocopy of Bodart's manuscript concerning Rubens's painting Last Judgement and 5 color photographs. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 42.]

box 20, folder 36

Boles, Joseph L., 1986

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 2 photographs, including 1 in color. Attribution of a portrait painting to Rubens. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 43.]

box 20, folder 37

Bolongaro, M. F., 1993

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, photocopy of a 1933 expert opinion by Charles Holmes, and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting to van Dyck ( Madonna and child). [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 44.]

box 20, folder 38

Boquet, Damien, 1996

Scope and Content Note

2 items: letter to Held and a color photograph. Attribution of a drawing to Rubens ( Head of an old man). [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 45.]

box 20, folder 39

Bosiak, Fritz G., 1991

Scope and Content Note

9 items: 3 letters to Held from Art Invest Kunsthandels, 1 letter from Held, printed matter, 1 color transparency, and 2 photographs, including 1 in color. Attribution of painting Arion saved by Dolphins from Antoon van Welie collection, and a painting referred to as Der Brand von Troja to Rubens. [Color transparency and color photograph are shelved in Box 159, F. 46.]

box 20, folder 40

Bowyer, Andrew, 1979

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from auction house Phillips in London.

box 20, folder 41

Branch, June, 1967

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 1 letter to Held from The Kensington Shop Inc. in Chicago, 1 letter from Held, an invoice, illustrated matter, and 2 leaves of typescript. Attribution of painting Portrait of Thomas Parr to van Dyck.

box 20, folder 42

Brass, Alessandra, 1996

Scope and Content Note

2 items: letter to Held and color photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting to Rubens. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 47.]

box 20, folder 43

Braver, Marina de Clois, 1990

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 20, folder 44

Brewer, Basil, 1949

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 photograph. Attribution of painting referred to as Finding of Moses to van Dyck.

box 20, folder 45

Bronson, Mark, 1989

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 2 letters to Held from Bronson-Rollins & Associates Inc. in Los Angeles, 1 color transparency, photocopy of expert opinion by Erik Larsen, and illustrated matter. Attribution of portrait painting of Cecilia Killigrew to van Dyck. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 48.]

box 20, folder 46

Brown, W. Campbell, 1966

Scope and Content Note

1 letter (2 leaves) to Held. Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 20, folder 47

Bunker, Gerald B., 1966

Scope and Content Note

3 items: letter to Held (3 leaves), 2 color slides, and envelope. Attribution of a painting referred to as "after the manner of Velázquez". [Color slides are shelved in Box 159, F. 49.]

box 20, folder 48

Burnier, Gustave, 1979

Scope and Content Note

3 items: letter to Held, illustrated matter, and color photograph. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as Head of Cyrus brought to Queen Thomyris .

box 20, folder 49

Busch, Calvin, 1982

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 color polaroid photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting to Rubens. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 50.]

box 20, folder 50

Caillard, Pierre, 1962

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, copy of expert opinion by Dr. Wendland, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as Hercule terrassant le Lion de Némee [ The Nemean Lion].

box 20, folder 51

Cakes, Harry P., 1987

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held. Attribution of painting Adoration of the Magi, at Vassar College, to Rubens.

box 20, folder 52

Callaghan, Thomas, 1988

Scope and Content Note

9 items (15 leaves): 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, receipt, illustrated matter, 1 photograph, and typescript (7 leaves). Attribution of a painting from Henry Blundell collection.

box 20, folder 53

Callebaut, August, 1963

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and a photograph. Attribution of a painting of Christ to Rubens or van Dyck.

box 20, folder 54

Carlson, Donna, 1986

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, photocopy of a catalog entry and illustrated matter. Attribution of a drawing to Jacob Adriaensz Backer.

box 20, folder 55

Carrese, Michele, 1991

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held from Carrese & Associates, and 5 color slides. Attribution of a painting referrerd to as Caritas Romana (Cimon and Pero) to Rubens. [Color slides are shelved in Box 159, F. 51.]

box 20, folder 56

Cassada, William W., 1965

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, copy of Held's 1962 letter to J. A. Van Campen, and a photograph.

box 20, folder 57

Castelli, Mino, 1984 - 1985

Scope and Content Note

8 items: 2 letters to Held, 2 handwritten notes, and 4 photographs, including 2 in color. Attribution of two paintings to Rubens. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 52.]

box 20, folder 58

Cecil, James H., 1963

Scope and Content Note

4 items: letter to Held and 3 color photographs. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 53.]

box 20, folder 59

Centner, Charles W., 1962-1963

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 20, folder 60

Chandler, Lester C., 1965

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held.

box 20, folder 61

Chersin, Andrew, 1965

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 photograph.

box 20, folder 62

Christophersen, Lorna B., 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held (2 leaves).

box 20, folder 63

Clois-Braver, Marina de, 1992

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held.

box 20, folder 64

Closuit, Ernest, 1960-1966

Scope and Content Note

12 items: 6 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, Held's correspondence with Gretel Wagner at Staatliche Museen, Kunstbibliothek Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1 letter to Closuit from Mildred Steinbach at Frick Art Reference Library, and 1 photograph of a painting depicting Christ bearing the Cross. Attribution of a portrait painting.

box 20, folder 65

Cohen, Eduard, undated

Scope and Content Note

3 items : letter to Held (2 leaves), a note, and a color photograph of painting referred to as Hagar and Ishmael. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 54.]

box 20, folder 66

Cohen, Jack H., 1965

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 3 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and receipt.

box 20, folder 67

Cohn, Douglas B., 1986-1987

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 2 color transparencies. Attribution to Rubens of a painting depicting the head of a screaming woman. [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 159, F. 55.]

box 20, folder 68

Condon, Rudolph, 1962

Scope and Content Note

6 items (8 leaves): 5 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution to Rubens of a painting depicting Emperor Commodus as Hercules.

box 20, folder 69

Conisbee, Phillip, 1992

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Conisbee at Los Angeles County Museum of Art from Amantes Custom Frame & Gallery in Granada Hills, 1 letter from Amantes to Held, and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as the Rape of the sisters of Vesuvius to Rubens. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 56.]

box 20, folder 70

Cooper, Richard Lawlor, 1973

Scope and Content Note

2 items: letter to Held and illustrated matter. Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 20, folder 71

Copping, William C., 1980

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a painting referred to as Magdalen Repentant to Rubens.

box 21

Ethel L. Danielson - Ruth E. Funk

box 21, folder 1

Danielson, Ethel L., 1962

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Attribution of a drawing to Rubens.

box 21, folder 2

Davie, Georgina, 1970

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held from Hartnoll & Eyre Ltd. in London and 1 letter from Held. Regarding a painting attributed to Delacroix. With a mention of the Ponce Art Museum.

box 21, folder 3

Davis, Hope, 1985

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held from Knoedler-Modarco S.A. in New York, and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a portrait painting to van Dyck.

box 21, folder 4

Davis, Milton H., 1963-1965

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and a slide. [Slide is shelved in Box 159, F. 57.]

box 21, folder 5

Dedrick, Martha C., 1982

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Attribution of an engraving.

box 21, folder 6

Desjardins, Catherine, 1989

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, expert opinion by Thomas Macoughtry Judson (photocopy of 1946 manuscript and typescript), and 1 color photograph. Attribution to van Dyck of a painting of Saint Peter. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 58.]

box 21, folder 7

Desmarest, Bruno, undated

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held and illustrated matter.

box 21, folder 8

Dessau, Martin M., 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a Crucifixion painting.

box 21, folder 9

Dietl, Maria, 1988

Scope and Content Note

ca. 20 items (32 leaves): 1 letter to Held, illustrated and printed matter, typescript (7 leaves), and 14 color photographs. Attribution of an altarpiece referred to as Geschichte des Heiligen Makarius. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 59.]

box 21, folder 10

Díez de Aguilar, Paloma, 1994

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 color photographs. Attribution of a floral still-life painting. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 60.]

box 21, folder 11

Dijck, Machteld I. van, 1977

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a drawing to van Dyck.

box 21, folder 12

Dishmond, Robert S., 1981

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held and 4 photographs. Attribution of 4 large paintings to Johannes de Heem [Jan I Davidsz de Heem?].

box 21, folder 13

Doll, Diethelm, 1979, 1991

Scope and Content Note

12 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, typescript, printed, and illustrated matter. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as Madonna and Child.

box 21, folder 14

Donahue, Ellen M., 1988

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held. Attribution to van Dyck of painting referred to as Portrait of Margaret Smith .

box 21, folder 15

Dost, Bernd, 1989

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 color photographs. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as St. Michael striking down the rebellious angels . [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 61.]

box 21, folder 16

Doubek, Jaroslava, 1991

Scope and Content Note

ca. 24 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, conservation report by Franz Mairinger, Held's correspondence with Alexandr Vosátka at Charles Galerie in Prague, typescript (7 leaves), and 17 photographs, including 4 in color. Attribution of a painting referred to as Kalidonische Eberjagd [ Caledonian Boar Hunt].

box 21, folder 17

Dourgarian, Lynne K., 1981

Scope and Content Note

9 items (10 leaves): 3 letters to Held, including 1 from Dourgarian at Davis & Associates, Inc. in Stockton, Calif., and two from Lodovico Soldati, 1 letter from Held, notes, printed matter, and photocopies of expert opinions by Giovanni Mariacher, and Pierre M. Blanc. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as the Four parts of the world .

box 21, folder 18

Dowling, Anne, 1991

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held.

box 21, folder 19

Draper, Robert, 1965

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph.

box 21, folder 20

Driscoll Nicholson, Rita, 1972

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 21, folder 21

Druwé, Michaël, 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Regarding an artwork referred to as "Negro's heads from Brussels".

box 21, folder 22

Duncan, Louis J., 1962

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 color photograph. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 62.]

box 21, folder 23

Eberhart, U., 1989-1990

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 2 letters to Held from Eberhart Auktionen AG, photocopy of an expert opinion by Adolf Bangel, printed and illustrated matter, and 1 color photograph. Attribution of two paintings, including an equestrian portrait, to Rubens. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 63.]

box 21, folder 24

Eberwine, Daniel G., 1969

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 photograph. Attribution of a drawing to Rubens.

box 21, folder 25

Eden, Robert Earl, 1966

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting.

box 21, folder 26

Emons, H. W., 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held (2 leaves). Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 21, folder 27

Ewing, Ray, 1964

Scope and Content Note

3 items (4 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 2 photographs. Attribution of a painting referred to as Adoration of the Kings [ Adoration of the Magi ].

box 21, folder 28

Fabricant, Donald, 1966-1968

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held to Faculty Support Group at Columbia University, typescript of the group's newsletter, illustration of a drawing by Fabricant, and 3 photographs of paintings [by Fabricant?].

box 21, folder 29

Fahmy, R., 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held (a mailgram). With mention of two Rubens paintings.

box 21, folder 30

Farber, Janet L., 1991

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held from a curator at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha and 1 letter from Held. Attribution to van Dyck of a painting referred to as Portrait of a Flemish lady .

box 21, folder 31

Farha-Bissell, Wendy, 1990

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and printed and illustrated matter. Attribution of a painting to van Dyck.

box 21, folder 32

Fassoulis, S. G., 1991

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held from CIC International Ltd. and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a painting owned by Dino Seferian.

box 21, folder 33

Fay, Frank, III 1965

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 21, folder 34

Feilding, Jocelyn, 1990

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from the auction house Phillips in London, 1 color transparency, and 1 photograph. Attribution of an oil sketch to Rubens. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 64.]

box 21, folder 35

Feinblatt, Ebria, 1965

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held to the curator of prints and drawings at Los Angeles County Museum of Art [LACMA].

box 21, folder 36

Felstehausen, Deborah, 1990

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the editor of the magazine Drawing.

box 21, folder 37

Filchak, Andrew, 1979

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held, 2 conservation reports signed by Paul Spheeris at Evelyn Stebbins Studio & Art Gallery, and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as Diana and Callisto. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 65.]

box 21, folder 38

Fish, Sheldon, 1998

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held and illustrated matter. Attribution of a painting of two heads of elderly men.

box 21, folder 39

Flagg, R. B., 1965

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held.

box 21, folder 40

Fleming, John, 1968-1970

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 4 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Concerning Fleming's various publishing activities. With a mention of Hugh Honour.

box 21, folder 41

Folkner, Guy, 1992

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held, Attribution of a painting referred to as Les consequences de la guerre.

box 21, folder 42

Ford, J. Patrick, Jr. 1982

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter from Held and typescript (5 leaves) of Ford's paper on an artwork referred to as A young Polish prince.

box 21, folder 43

Foster, Paul F., 1968

Scope and Content Note

8 items (9 leaves): 6 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Correspondence with the vice admiral concerning paintings attributed to Joose de Momper in the collection of North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.

box 21, folder 44

Foster, Paul M., 1954

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting to Rembrandt.

box 21, folder 45

Fox, Celine, 1987

Scope and Content Note

3 items:1 letter to Held from Saint Louis Art Museum, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 21, folder 46

Friedenberg, Adolf, 1962

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 21, folder 47

Frommel, C. L., 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

9 items: 1 letter to Held from Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome, 1 letter from Held, 1 letter to Held from Mrs. Dall'Ora, an envelope, 1 color transparency, and 4 photographs. Attribution of a painting to Rubens. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 66.]

box 21, folder 48

Fulleringer, Georges, 1990

Scope and Content Note

3 items: letter to Held, and 2 photographs, including 1 in color. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as Bataille des Amazones [ Battle of the Amazons]. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 67.]

box 21, folder 49

Funk, Ruth E., 1991

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Attribution of an etching to Rembrandt.

box 22

Kevin Galalae - George Hulme

box 22, folder 1

Galalae, Kevin, 1993

Scope and Content Note

16 items: 1 letter to Held, typescript (12 leaves) on the attribution to Rubens of a Last Judgement painting, 1 envelope, notes, and 11 color photographs. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 68.]

box 22, folder 2

Ganschinietz, Suzanne, 1966

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from Saint Paul Art Center, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as Adoration of the shepards . Ganschinietz relates details regarding the painting's provenance.

box 22, folder 3

Ganz, Kate, 1994

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held (2 leaves) from Kate Ganz Limited in London and illustrated matter. With a mention of David Freedberg.

box 22, folder 4

Gaywood, Suzanne, 1975

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held (3 leaves) and 1 photograph.

box 22, folder 5

Gelman, Ernest H., 1988

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, 2 letters from Held to John Koch at Kraushaar Galleries (from 1951 and 1952), and a consignment memorandum from Gallery Gertrude Stein (from 1987).

box 22, folder 6

Gentile, Lawrence, 1965

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 3 letters to Held, including 1 from Madeline A. Gentile, and 1 letter from Held.

box 22, folder 7

Georgi Museum 1990-1992

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 5 letters to Held, and printed matter. Regarding Treasures from the attic exhibition and a painting referred to as Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I .

box 22, folder 8

Gero, Stephen, 1970

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 color photographs. Attribution of a portrait painting to Rubens. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 69.]

box 22, folder 9

Gibbes Art Gallery, 1963

Scope and Content Note

4 items (6 leaves): 3 letters to Held from Helen G. McCormack and 1 photograph. Attribution of a Dutch school portrait painting of woman with child from collection of John L. Girardeau. With details regarding provenance.

box 22, folder 10

Gilli, Rossella, 1991

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held, 2 photographs, and illustrated matter. Attribution of a drawing referred to as Study of an angel to Bernardino Poccetti.

box 22, folder 11

Gombert, André, 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 22, folder 12

Goodman, William W., 1962-1963

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 letters from Held.

box 22, folder 13

Grabski, Józef, 1992

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Irsa Verlag in Vienna. With a mention of a van Dyck painting.

box 22, folder 14

Grange, L. R., 1990

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and illustrated matter. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as La kermesse or Le jardin d'amour .

box 22, folder 15

Grassi, Marco, 1980-1983

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, 1 color transparency, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting owned by Dino Fabbri. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 159, F. 70.]

box 22, folder 16

Greene, Bryan, 1991

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, copy of Christopher Brown's letter to Green, and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a painting to Rubens. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 71.]

box 22, folder 17

Greensphan, Irving H., 1964

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from Muriel Zake Memorial Foundation for Little City, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of an oil sketch to Rubens.

box 22, folder 18

Gristina, Mary C., 1993

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held. Regarding Rubens's painting Lamentation at the Cummer Gallery of Art in Jacksonville, Fla.

box 22, folder 19

Grosser, A., 1984

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 22, folder 20

Grummond, Nancy de, 1991

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held .

box 22, folder 21

Guasche Zepeda, Jorge, 1979

Scope and Content Note

8 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, copy of an 1894 expert opinion by Marcel Choicelat, and 5 photographs. Attribution of a painting to Rembrandt.

box 22, folder 22

Guillarmic, Loïc J. L., 1991

Scope and Content Note

11 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, 1 letter to Held from Angel Rhoades, typescript, printed, and illustrated matter, and 2 photographs, including 1 in color. Attribution of a painting refererd to as Mourning Madonna with a Mary or Virgin being comforted by St. Catherine to van Dyck. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 159, F. 72.]

box 22, folder 23

Gullickson, Cecil P., 1968

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 2 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as Incredulity of Thomas to Rubens.

box 22, folder 24

Gumppenberg, Georg, 1987-1988

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held; also Held's correspondence with Edith Thomée. Attribution of a drawing to Rubens.

box 22, folder 25

Gventer, Bruce, 1993

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from Bruce and Susan Gventer at B&S Gventer "Books" in S. Egremont, Mass., and 2 color photographs. Attribution of a panel painting. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 73.]

box 22, folder 26

Habsburg, Geza von, 1988

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held from the auction house Habsburg, Feldman of Geneva and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 22, folder 27

Hake, Metta, 1972

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a painting to Giulio Campi.

box 22, folder 28

Harkins, Sue W., 1992

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 3 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 3 color photographs. Attribution of a painting referred to as the Tribute money to Rubens. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 74.]

box 22, folder 29

Harpur & Clemente, 1982

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter from Held, 1 letter to Held, and 3 color photographs. Attribution of a painting referred to as Sleeping Diana to van Dyck. With a mention of firm McKennell & Co. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 75.]

box 22, folder 30

Hatvany, P., 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 22, folder 31

Hegle, Berit, 1979

Scope and Content Note

5 items (6 leaves and business card): 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and copies of letters to Hegle from Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp and Ghent. Attribution of a painting referred to as the Caledonian Boar Hunt to Rubens.

box 22, folder 32

Heim, Jean-François, 1993

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held (with photocopy), catalogue entry for painting L'Adoration des mages [ Adoration of the Magi] by Jacob Jordaens, and 2 photographs.

box 22, folder 33

Henderson, Ernest M., 1963

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 photographs. Attribution of two paintings to Adriaen Brouwer.

box 22, folder 34

Henry, Martha, 1993

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 slide. Attribution of a painting to Jan Bruegel. [Slide is shelved in Box 159, F. 76.]

box 22, folder 35

Herzig, Robert, 1987

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Galerie Sanct Lucas in Vienna.

box 22, folder 36

Hickok, Ernest S., 1966

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, a note with Hickok's address, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting to Jordaens.

box 22, folder 37

Hillyer, Kazuko, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and handwritten notes.

box 22, folder 38

Hindman, Sandra, 1994

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Les Enluminures in Paris asking for expert opinion of a portrait of Helene Fourment (study for the Garden of love).

box 22, folder 39

Hogan, Gerald F., 1966

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from Mrs. Gerald F. Hogan and 2 photographs.

box 22, folder 40

Holger, Dirk, 1992

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from the artist, 1 printed leaf with Holger's biography, and 1 slide. Regarding Rubens's oil sketch Bear hunt. [Slide is shelved in Box 159, F. 77.]

box 22, folder 41

Holtkamp, Werner, 1991

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held.

box 22, folder 42

Hornby, Robert K., 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held (2 leaves).

box 22, folder 43

Howe, Parkman D., 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 22, folder 44

Huemu, Frances, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 22, folder 45

Hulme, George, 1991

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held and 4 color photographs. Regarding a copy after painting by Rubens in Palazzo Pitti. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 159, F. 78.]

box 23

IFAR [International Foundation for Art Research] - Charles Lucido

box 23, folder 1

IFAR [International Foundation for Art Research], 1980

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from International Foundation for Art Research in New York. Regarding a portrait by Rubens.

box 23, folder 2

Iller, Gustav [?], 1964

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 photograph.

box 23, folder 3

Indursky, Maurice S., 1986

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 items: 4 letters to Held, including 1 from Hawthorne Antiques in Salem, Mass., 1 letter from Held, 2 color photographs, and printed matter, appraisals, and conservation reports. Attribution of a painting referred to as the Garden of love to Rubens. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 160 F. 1.]

box 23, folder 4

Jacobs, Alan, 1986

Scope and Content Note

8 items: 1 letter to Held from Alan Jacobs Gallery, printed and illustrated matter, 1 color photograph, and 1 color slide. Attribution of Portrait of Jan Wildens to Rubens. [Color photograph and color slide are shelved in Box 160, F. 2.]

box 23, folder 5

Jasey, James R., 1966

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 23, folder 6

Jay, Ernest L., 1972

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 3 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, and printed matter. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as the Meeting of David and Abigail .

box 23, folder 7

Joannides, Marianne, 1998

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from auction house Phillips in London, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a drawing from the collection of Gustave Soulier to Rubens.

box 23, folder 8

Johnson, Marc, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held, and a letter by Johnson addressed "To whom it may concern." Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 23, folder 9

Jophnson, Nick G., 1966

Scope and Content Note

3 items (5 leaves): 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting to Rubens.

box 23, folder 10

Jona, Mattia, 1987

Scope and Content Note

4 items (5 leaves): 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 2 photographs of a drawing, including 1 in color. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 3.]

box 23, folder 11

Jones, David, 1989

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a drawing to Rubens. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 4.]

box 23, folder 12

Jooris, Gabriel, 1965

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting to Jacob van der Lamen [Christoph Jacobsz van der Lamen].

box 23, folder 13

Joshua, Herbert, 1966

Scope and Content Note

5 items (7 leaves): 3 letters to Held, including 1 from Anna Ruth Hess in Zurich, and Joshua's correspondence with Hess.

box 23, folder 14

Judge, Mary Clare, 1963

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 photograph. Attribution of a landscape painting.

box 23, folder 15

Juliano, Charles R., 1988

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 2 letters to Held, and photocopies of letters by Joseph, Count of Survilliers. Attribution of an artwork to Rubens.

box 23, folder 16

Juvelis, Steven, 1982-1983

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting.

box 23, folder 17

Kaplan, Stuart M., 1955-1968

Scope and Content Note

7 items (10 leaves): 2 letters to Held and 5 letters from Held. With a mention of Julius H. Weitzner.

box 23, folder 18

Karl & Faber, 1981

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 photograph. Attribution of a drawing to Rubens.

box 23, folder 19

Keaveney, Raymond, 1982-1983

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held from the National Gallery of Ireland, 1 letter from Held, printed mattaer, and 2 photographs. Regarding drawings referred to as Homage to Rubens and Susanna and the Elders.

box 23, folder 20

Keeley, Paul O., 1964-1965

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 23, folder 21

Keiffer, Joseph, 1983

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held from William Doyle Galleries in New York.

box 23, folder 22

Kelleher, Patrick J., 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution to Rubens of a sketch referred to as Death of Adonis.

box 23, folder 23

Kenseth, Joy, 1990

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Regarding the painting Collection of ancient objects by Hendrick van der Borcht.

box 23, folder 24

Kerr, William D., 1988

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held, and copy of a letter to Kerr from H. Vliege. Attribution of a painting to studio of Rubens.

box 23, folder 25

Kilgore, Jack, 1992

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held from Gutekunst & Co., Inc. in New York, 1 letter from Held, and 3 photographs. Attribution tu Rubens of artworks referred to as Lamentation and Head of a youth .

box 23, folder 26

Killer, Peter, 1979

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting to van Dyck. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 5.]

box 23, folder 27

Kirchwehm, Gudrun, 1981

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 1 letter to Held, typescripts, including an expert opinion, and illustrated matter. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as Girl dressed in fur .

box 23, folder 28

Kiser Thompson, Charlotte, 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 23, folder 29

Kline, Fred R., 1999

Scope and Content Note

11 items: 1 letter to Held from Fred R. Kline Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M., typescripts, 4 color transparencies, and 4 photographs, including 1 in color. Attribution to Rubens and Frans Snyders of a painting referred to as Head of a bear . [Color transparencies and color photograph are shelved in Box 160, F. 6.]

box 23, folder 30

Koenig, Lionel, 1990-1991

Scope and Content Note

11 items (ca. 40 leaves): 3 letters to Held from C.E.D.A.R.T [Conservatione e diagnostica di opere d'arte] in Florence, conservation report, typescript (ca. 21 leaves) by Franco Barella, 1 color transparency, and 5 color photographs. Regarding Rubens attribution of a portrait painting from the collection of Galleria di Palazzo Balbi Senarega. [Color transparency and color photographs are shelved in Box 160, F. 7.]

box 23, folder 31

Koopman-Frick, Maria, 1987

Scope and Content Note

8 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 6 color photographs. Attribution of a painting to Tizian. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 160, F. 8.]

box 23, folder 32

Konrad, Joseph, 1985-1986

Scope and Content Note

12 items: correspondence between Konrad, Held, and Elia G. Caterino, typescript (1 leaf), and 2 photographs, including 1 in color. Attribution of a painting referred to as Susanna and the Elders to Rubens. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 9.]

box 23, folder 33

Kotlarski, Marek, 1997

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, illustrated matter, and 3 color photographs. Attribution of artwork from the collection of Zbigniew Karol Porczynski. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 160, F. 10.]

box 23, folder 34

Kretzel, T. M., 1991

Scope and Content Note

5 items (17 leaves): 1 letter to Held, copy of conservation report by C.E.D.A.R.T [Conservatione e diagnostica di opere d'arte] in Florence (9 leaves), a typescript (5 leaves), and illustrated matter. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as Bronze snake [ Brazen serpent] .

box 23, folder 35

Kuchta, Ronald A., 1971

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph.

box 23, folder 36

Kunsthaus im Welserhof Peter Gölitz, 1990

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 letters from Held.

box 23, folder 37

Land, Laurance M., 1986

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as David and Abigail. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 11.]

box 23, folder 38

Lanker, Klaus J., 1989

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 1 letter to Held, printed matter, and 2 photographs. Attribution of a drawing to Rubens.

box 23, folder 39

Latteier, Johann M., 1994

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, and 2 color photographs. Attribution to van Dyck of a painting referred to as Samson and Delilah . [Color photographs are shelved in Box 160, F. 12.]

box 23, folder 40

Leach, Mark, 1984

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from William Doyle Galleries in New York, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a drawing.

box 23, folder 41

Lederer, A. M., 1963

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting to van Dyck.

box 23, folder 42

Lee, Sherman, 1962

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 color photograph. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as Diana and her nymphs with satyrs . [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 13.]

box 23, folder 43

Leeds, Richard M., 1973

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held and 2 color slides. Attribution of two paintings to Jan Bruegel. [Slides are shelved in Box 160, F. 14.]

box 23, folder 44

Lefère, Fernand, 1994

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held.

box 23, folder 45

Lehnert, Horst, 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held.

box 23, folder 46

Lehr, Frederike, 1962

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 23, folder 47

Leiman, Melvin M., 1993

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a portrait painting referred to as Tommasina Balbi to van Dyck.

box 23, folder 48

Leslie, Richard, 1989

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held from the Wichita State University, 1 letter from Held, and 1 color transparency. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as St. Sebastian . With a mention of Michael Jaffé. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 160, F. 15.]

box 23, folder 49

Lester, Ernest A., 1963

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held from Development Corporation for European Common Market, and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as Assumption of the Virgin to Tintoretto or his school. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 16.]

box 23, folder 50

Levin, E., 1969

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held (2 leaves). Regarding the sale of a portrait painting by Leonhard Beck.

box 23, folder 51

Limburg, Jacobus A., 1990

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from Limburg Antiquairs in Amsterdam.

box 23, folder 52

Lincoln, Stoddard, 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Attribution of a portrait painting.

box 23, folder 53

Lindauer, Martin S., 1989

Scope and Content Note

5 items (10 leaves): 3 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and a questionnaire (5 leaves). Regarding Lindauer's study of creativity in old-age artists.

box 23, folder 54

Lindsay, Kirk A., 1994

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 photograph. Attribution of a drawing to Rubens.

box 23, folder 55

Lingenauber, Eckard, 1988

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held from Galerie Lingenauber in Düsseldorf, and 1 color transparency. Attribution of a painting to Jan Bruegel the Younger or Jan Bruegel the Elder. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 160, F. 17.]

box 23, folder 56

Lippold, Richard, 1992

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held, a note, and illustrated matter. Regarding the painting Susanna and the Elders attributed to Rubens.

box 23, folder 57

Lobkowicz, Antoine, 1986

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held. Attribution of a painting referred to as The Last Judgement to Rubens.

box 23, folder 58

Loch, David, 1988

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held from Loch & Mayberry Fine Art Inc. in Winnipeg, and 4 photographs, including 1 in color. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 18.]

box 23, folder 59

Locker, Sidney, 1969

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 photograph.

box 23, folder 60

Locks, Thomas & Angelika, 1987

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting.

box 23, folder 61

Lopez, Diego, 1998

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a painting referred to as Death of the Virgin to Rembrandt.

box 23, folder 62

Lorenz, John R., 1994

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held and printed and illustrated matter. Attribution of Portrait of a nobleman to Jan Gossaert.

box 23, folder 63

Lucido, Charles, 1991

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held. Attribution of a painting referred to as Atalante et Hippomene [ Hippomenes and Atalanta] from the collection of Duc Osena.

box 24

Alfredo Manganelli - Wiktoria Oseka

box 24, folder 1

Manganelli, Alfredo, 1954

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting.

box 24, folder 2

Marcheselli, Pietro, 1989

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 photograph, 2 letters to Held. Attribution to van Dyck of a painting referred to as Moses and the Brazen Serpent . [Photograph is shelved in Box 150*, F. 2.]

box 24, folder 3

Martinelli, Emily, 1993

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a painting to Rubens.

box 24, folder 4

Matteson, Robin S., 1982

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to Held (3 leaves). Attribution of a painting to van Dyck.

box 24, folder 5

Matthiesen, Patrick, 1969-1970

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter from Held and 1 letter to Held. Attribution of a painting referred to as the Holy Family to Rubens.

box 24, folder 6

Mauldin, Howard Thomas, 1983-1996

Scope and Content Note

10 items: 3 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, illustrated matter, and 3 photographs. Attribution of two drawings to Rembrandt.

box 24, folder 7

McEwan, Rhod N. T., 1994

Scope and Content Note

18 items (29 leaves): 1 letter to Held from McEwan Gallery in Ballater, Scotland, printed matter and typescripts, and 3 photographs, including 2 in color. Rubens attribution of a painting referred to as head study for a portrait of Maria de Medici. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 160, F. 19.]

box 24, folder 8

Mc Kay, Robert E., 1967

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, photocopy of a manuscript, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as Venus at the forge of Vulcan to Rubens.

box 24, folder 9

McNamara, RuthAnn, 1981

Scope and Content Note

2 items (3 leaves): 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held.

box 24, folder 10

Mehr, Wolfgang, 1991

Scope and Content Note

6 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, a cerificate, typescript (1 leaf), and 2 color photographs. Attribution of a painting refererd to as Satyr mit Früchtekorb und Mädchen to Rubens. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 160, F. 20.]

box 24, folder 11

Merrin, Esther, 1987

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 24, folder 12

Mesterton-Radinsky, Jean-Jacques de, 1988

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 note addressed to Held, typescript (2 leaves), and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as St. Peter in the manger to Rubens.

box 24, folder 13

Meulemeester, Jean-Paul, 1998

Scope and Content Note

ca. 14 items (56 leaves): 2 letters to Held, 1 photograph, illustrated and printed matter, and typescripts. Attribution of a painting referred to as Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest to van Dyck.

box 24, folder 14

Meyers, Ellen Jo, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from Held. Attribution of an artwork to Rubens.

box 24, folder 15

Michaelis, Kurt W., 1978

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, and 1 photograph. Attribution of a portrait painting.

box 24, folder 16

Middleton, Robert W., 1979-1980

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 letter from Held, 1 letter to Middleton from Barbara Sax, expert opinion by N. W. Vogelsang, and a business card. Attribution of a painting to Rubens or van Dyck.

box 24, folder 17

Miraglia, Frank, 1991

Scope and Content Note

6 items: correspondence between Miraglia, Held, and Christie's in New York, and 2 color photographs. Atribution of a painting to the studio of Rubens. [Color photographs are shelved in Box 160, F. 21.]

box 24, folder 18

Montgomery, Rioger R., 1962

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 1 letter to Held, 1 slide, and 1 photograph. [Slide is shelved in Box 160, F. 22.]

box 24, folder 19

Moore, Effie M., 1972

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a painting from the estate of Dr. Walter M. Howlett to Rubens.

box 24, folder 20

Morrison, David, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 24, folder 21

Moses, Andy, 1993, undated

Scope and Content Note

3 items (4 leaves): 2 letters from Held and 1 letter to Held. Attribution to Rubens of a painting referred to as Moses erects the Brazen Serpent .

box 24, folder 22

Moss, Stanley, 1972, 1985

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 2 letters to Held, 1 letter from Held, 1 color transparency, and 3 photographs. Attribution of a still life painting and a painting referred to as Prophet Elijah to Francesco Fracanzano or Ribera. [Color transparency is shelved in Box 160, F. 23.]

box 24, folder 23

Mougne, Marcel-Louis, 1971-1972

Scope and Content Note

11 items (12 leaves): 6 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, 1 letter to Mougne from Lord Chamberlain's Office, and 2 photographs, including 1 in color. Attribution of a pastel portrait painting. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 24.]

box 24, folder 24

Mould, Anthony, 1992

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 24, folder 25

Mühsam, Alice, 1962

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held.

box 24, folder 26

Muñoz Cortes, Sebastian, 1989

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held, postal delivery notice, and 2 photographs, including 1 in color. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 25.]

box 24, folder 27

Mussienko, Boris A., 1984

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 color photograph. Attribution to Raphael of a painting referred to as Holy Family called La Perla . [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 26.]

box 24, folder 28

Navias, Eugene B., 1964

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held from the Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston, Mass. and 1 letter from Held.

box 24, folder 29

Neider, Charles, 1965

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a painting to Jan Both. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 27.]

box 24, folder 30

Nelson, James D., 1990?

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 photograph.

box 24, folder 31

Newbery, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 photograph of a painting or oil sketch depicting Adoration of the shepherds . With label of Newbery in Oxted, Surrey [England] on verso. Annotated by Held.

box 24, folder 32

Newton, H. Travers, 1989

Scope and Content Note

1 letter to Held from the art conservator. Attribution of paintings referred to as Virgin and Child and Salomé.

box 24, folder 33

Nierman, Lewis G., 1966

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held from Nordest Gallery in Boston, Mass. and 1 photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as Venus and Vulcan to Jan Bruegel the Elder and Johann Rottenhammer.

box 24, folder 34

Oberhelman, Carl F., 1964

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 color photograph. [Color photograph is shelved in Box 160, F. 28.]

box 24, folder 35

Ochalski, Andrzej, 1993

Scope and Content Note

12 items (ca. 20 leaves): 1 letter to Held from auction house Unicum in Warsaw, Poland, 1 letter from Held, illustrated and printed matter, expert opinions, conservation report, 1 color transparency and 1 color photograph. Attribution of a painting referred to as St. Helena to Rubens. [Color transparency and color photograph are shelved in Box 160, F. 29.]

box 24, folder 36

Olkein, Irwin J., 1965-1967

Scope and Content Note

5 items: 3 letters to Held and 2 letters from Held. Attribution to van Dyck of a painting referred to as Jesus and St. John embracing.

box 24, folder 37

Ommeren, W. L. M. van, 1984

Scope and Content Note

2 items: 1 letter to Held and 1 letter from Held. Attribution of a painting to the school of Rubens.

box 24, folder 38

William O'Reilly & Company, Ltd., 1995-1996, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. 8 items (12 leaves): 1 letter to Held (no date), copies of 2 letters from Michael Jaffé to Adam Stolpen, printed and illustrated matter, typescript by Jaffé (4 leaves) on Rubens's portraits of the Archdukes in Brussels, 1 color transparency, and 1 color photograph. [Color transparency and color photograph are shelved in Box 160, F. 30.]

box 24, folder 39

Osborne, Robert G., 1969

Scope and Content Note

3 items: 2 letters to Held and 1 letter from Held. Regarding attribution of four paintings to Rubens.

box 24, folder 40

Oseka, Wiktoria, 1989

Scope and Content Note

4 items: 1 letter to Held and 3 color transparencies. Attribution to Rubens of a paining referred to as St. Helen [ St. Helena] to Rubens, and attribution to van Dyck of 2 portrait painings. [Color transparencies are shelved in Box 160, F. 31.]

box 25

Henry G. Paerio - Judith Russi Kirshner

box 25, folder 1

Paerio, Henry G., 1986

Scope and Content Note

7 items: 1 letter to Held, 3 expert opinions and conservation reports, and 3 photographs. Attribution of a painting depicting Virgin Mary with Christ Child, St. Elizabeth, and St. John the Baptist to Rubens.

box 25, folder 2

Pallardy, Charles M., 1987

Scope and Content Note

ca. 21 items: 3 letters to Held, 2 letters from Held, copies of 2 letters from Didier Bodart, printed matter, 1 color transparency, and 9 photographs, including 3 in color. Attribution of a painting referred to as Le Jugement dernier [ Last Judgement] to Rubens. [Color transparency and color photographs are shelved in Box 160, F. 32.]

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