Research Institute Study Photographs of Netherlandish paintings and drawings, 19--?

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Summary

Title:
Study photographs of Netherlandish paintings and drawings
Dates:
19--?
Creators:
Douwes Fine Art Gallery (London, England), Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Duits, Ltd. (Gallery : London, England), Pellicioli, Mauro, 1887-1974, Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968, Getty Research Institute, Gelder, J. G. van (Jan Gerrit), 1903-1980, Marchig, Giannino, 1897-1983, and Goldscheider, Ludwig, 1896-1973
Abstract:
A collection of photographs covering Netherlandish (Dutch and Flemish) paintings and drawings of the 14th through 16th centuries assembled by the Getty Research Institute.
Extent:
82 Linear Feet (394 boxes)
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of photographs covering Netherlandish (Dutch and Flemish) paintings and drawings of the 14th through 16th centuries assembled by the Getty Research Institute. The collection documents the work of some 454 artists; those most heavily represented include: Hieronymus Bosch, Dierick Bouts, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Robert Campin, Joos van Cleve, Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Hendrick Goltzius, Jan Gossaert, Marten van Heemskerck, Adriaen Isenbrant, Quentin Massys, Hans Memling, Anthonis Mor, Bernart van Orley, Jan van Scorel, and Rogier van der Weyden.

The collection contains photographs from a number of sources, including the archives of scholars and restorers such as J.G. van Gelder, Ludwig Goldscheider, Erwin Panofsky, Giannino Marchig, and Mauro Pellicioli. Photographs and auction clippings were acquired from the archives of dealers, including Douwes Fine Art Gallery, Duits, de Boer, and David Koetser. Copy prints were obtained from commercial photographers such as Fratelli Alinari (including the Brogi archive), Photographie Giraudon, Böhm, Bulloz, and Bruckmann, as well as from Christie's, Sotheby's and a number of museums, notably the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Prado, the Rijksmuseum, and Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum. Relevant duplicate images from the repository's archive of the Hoefle firm (Special Collections accn. no. 90.R.19) have been integrated into the collection.

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 and renamed the Photo Study Collection.

Processing information:

Finding aid created in 2009 using box-level content listings. Revised and expanded from 2021-2023 by Daniel Powazek under the supervision of Ann Harrison.

Arrangement:

The photographs are arranged alphabetically by artist with unidentified artists at the beginning and miscellaneous oversize materials at the end.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Laura Schroffel
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-04-08 08:35:26 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

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

Terms of access:

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

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