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INVENTORY OF THE GENTILI - BARNABEI ARCHIVE ca. 1660 - ca. 1920
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Title: Gentili - Barnabei archive
Date (inclusive): circa 1660-circa 1920
Collection number: 880209
Collector:
Barnabei, Felice, 1842-1922
Extent:
circa 275 items
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: Principally records relating to the production and decoration of ceramics, especially majolica, by three generations of the
Gentili family, ca. 1650-ca. 1813. Included are some 19th and 20th century papers of Barnabei and his family relating to the
history of potters in Castelli. The archive was formerly owned by historian Felice Barnabei.
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Language: Collection material in Italian, and English
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Gentili - Barnabei archive ca. 1660-ca. 1920, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 880209.
Acquired in 1988.
Members of the Gentili family were, for more than three centuries, potters in Castelli, and painters of majolica ceramics,
circa 1650-circa 1813.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection, formerly owned by the historian Felice Barnabei, consists principally of records relating to the production
and decoration of ceramics, especially majolica, by three generations of the Gentili family --Bernardino II (d. 1683); Bernardino's
son Carmine (1678-1763); and Carmine's sons, Giacomo II (1717-1765) and Ber[n]ardino III (1727-1813). Included are design
drawings, pounced drawings, and prints and pounced prints of subjects for the decoration of ceramics. The archive also contains
reports and agreements relating to the manufacture of pottery in the town of Castelli (Teramo), with lists of pieces made
and objects sold.
Some Gentili family records, as well as Barnabei papers from the early 20th century, and Barnabei family papers from the late
19th century, relate to the traditions and history of the potters of Castelli.
Each item in the archive is numbered. One file holds typed transcriptions of some documents (21 pp.).
Note: the inventory, as translated by Catherine Hess (curator, J. Paul Getty Museum), has been used in processing this collection.
Majolica—17th century—Italy—Castelli
Majolica—18th century—Italy—Castelli
Pottery, Italian
Design drawings
Prints
Barnabei, Felice, 1842-1922
Gentili, Berardino, 1727-1813
Gentili, Bernardino, d.1683
Gentili, Carmine, 1678-1763
Gentili, Giacomo, 1717-1763