Getty Research Institute Study Photographs of Ancient Coins, 1900s

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Summary

Title:
Study photographs of ancient coins
Dates:
1900s
Creators:
Getty Research Institute, Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973, Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Hirmer Fotoarchiv, and Rosen, Jonathan, 1944-
Abstract:
A collection of photographs of ancient coins, predominantly Greek and Roman, assembled by the Getty Research Institute.
Extent:
8.7 Linear Feet (41 boxes)
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

An assembled collection of photographs of ancient coins, predominantly Greek and Roman. The major source for these modern prints is the commercial vendor Hirmer Fotoarchiv (circa 2,800 photographs). Other sources include the Rheinisches Bildarchiv (especially for material from the western Roman empire, circa 200 prints); Bulloz; Photographie Giraudon; Alinari; and Christie's (circa 100 prints). Approximately 200 photographs were transferred from the repository's Becatti archive, and circa 107 were produced in a project undertaken in connection with the publication of an exhibition of 50 coins from the Jonathan Rosen collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1983.

Biographical / historical:

In 1974, the J. Paul Getty Museum began assembling a "photo library" by consolidating the visual resources of each existing curatorial department. By the early 1980s, the Photo Archive was actively acquiring large collections of photographs from commercial and private sources and scholars' archives that contained a photographic component. In 1983, the nearly one million photographs of the Photo Archive were incorporated into the Research Institute's Special Collections.

Processing information:

Finding aid created in 2009.

Arrangement:

Arranged in two sections of photographic prints and a third section of negatives. The first section of prints is arranged by culture, and then by location or type of material. The second section is arranged alphabetically by vendor.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Ann Harrison
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-09-19 16:10:50 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

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

Terms of access:

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

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
Contact:
(310) 440-7390
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