Getty Research Institute Study Photographs of Flemish paintings and drawings (post-1600, pre-1800), 1900s

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Summary

Title:
Study photographs of Flemish paintings and drawings (post-1600, pre-1800)
Dates:
1900s
Creators:
Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968, Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Julius H. Weitzner, Inc., Douwes Fine Art Gallery (London, England), Duits, Ltd. (Gallery : London, England), David Koetser Gallery, Bolten, J., Gelder, J. G. van (Jan Gerrit), 1903-1980, Michaëlis, Sophus, 1865-1932, Pellicioli, Mauro, 1887-1974, MacLaren, Neil, Marchig, Giannino, 1897-1983, Getty Research Institute, French & Company (New York, N.Y.), and Heim Gallery
Abstract:
A collection of photographs covering Flemish painting and drawing from the 17th through the 18th centuries assembled by the Getty Research Institute.
Extent:
124 Linear Feet (590 boxes)
Language:
English and English

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of photographs covering Flemish painting and drawing from the 17th through the 18th centuries assembled by the Getty Research Institute. Seventeenth-century paintings are particularly well documented, through images of works in private collections and small museums as well as major public collections. The work of approximately 700 artists is represented, with strong holdings for Jan Brueghel I, Jan Brueghel II, Pieter Brueghel II, Anthony van Dyck, Jan Fyt, Jacob Jordaens, Joos de Momper II, David Teniers II, and Peter Paul Rubens. The collection contains photographs from the archives of a number of scholars and conservators, including J.G. van Gelder, Jaap Bolten (Dutch and Flemish drawings, including photographs from the collection of J.Q. van Regteren Altena), Neil MacLaren, Sophus Michaëlis, Giannino Marchig, Mauro Pellicioli, and Erwin Panofsky. Other scholarly sources include photographs acquired from Pomona College. Art dealers' archives constitute another source of the images in this collection. Photographs and auction catalog clippings come from the Amsterdam dealer P. de Boer and from Douwes Fine Art Gallery and Duits in London. The Flemish school is also illustrated by photographs from French & Company, Julius Weitzner, and David Koetser, as well as by duplicates of prints also found in the repository's Heim Gallery archive (Special Collections accn. no. 910004). Copy prints represent works held in public and private collections and at auction (particularly Sotheby's and Christie's), including Flemish works in the Ashmolean Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the national galleries in Dublin, London, and Washington D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; copy prints were also acquired through a campaign to document the holdings of French provincial collections. Commercial vendors and photographers include Bulloz, Photographie Giraudon, Fratelli Alinari, Bruckmann, and Saskia.

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 2019-2020 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 2024-07-31 07:40:22 -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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