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Getty Research Institute Study Photographs of Flemish paintings
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76.P.59
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Study photographs of Flemish paintings and drawings (post-1600,
pre-1800)
Creator:
Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968
Creator:
Kunsthandel P. de
Boer
Creator:
Julius H. Weitzner, Inc.
Creator:
Douwes Fine Art Gallery
(London, England)
Creator:
Duits, Ltd. (Gallery : London, England)
Creator:
David Koetser
Gallery
Creator:
Bolten, J.
Creator:
Gelder, J. G. van (Jan
Gerrit), 1903-1980
Creator:
Michaëlis, Sophus,
1865-1932
Creator:
Pellicioli, Mauro, 1887-1974
Creator:
MacLaren, Neil
Creator:
Marchig, Giannino,
1897-1983
Creator:
Getty Research Institute
Creator:
French & Company (New
York, N.Y.)
Creator:
Heim Gallery
Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.59
Physical Description:
124 Linear Feet
(590 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Abstract: A collection of photographs covering
Flemish painting and drawing from the 17th through the 18th centuries assembled by the Getty
Research Institute.
Language of Material: English
Language of Material: English
The photographs are arranged alphabetically by artist with unidentified artists at the
beginning and miscellaneous oversize materials at the end.
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.
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Biographical / Historical Note
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clippings (information artifacts)
Painting, Flemish
Gelatin silver prints -- 20th century
Drawing, Flemish
Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968 -- Photograph collections
Kunsthandel P. de Boer -- Photograph collections
Marchig, Giannino, 1897-1983 -- Photograph
collections
Michaëlis, Sophus, 1865-1932 -- Photograph
collections
Pellicioli, Mauro -- Photograph collections
Bolten, J. -- Photograph collections
Gelder, J. G. van (Jan Gerrit) -- Photograph collections
MacLaren, Neil -- Photograph collections
Julius H. Weitzner, Inc. -- Photograph
collections
David Koetser Gallery -- Photograph collections
Douwes Fine Art Gallery (London, England) -- Photograph
collections
Duits, Ltd. (Gallery : London, England) -- Photograph
collections
French & Company (New York, N.Y.) -- Photograph
collections