Finding aid for the study photographs of ancient mural painting 76.P.16
Ann Harrison
Special Collections
2009
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Study photographs of ancient mural painting
Creator:
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973
Creator:
Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914
Creator:
Serafis, Emile
Creator:
Ross, John
Creator:
Koch, Guntram
Creator:
Giuliano, Antonio
Creator:
Frantz, Alison
Creator:
Getty Research Institute
Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.16
Physical Description:
13.8 Linear Feet
(66 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Abstract: A collection of modern photographs of ancient wall paintings, both in situ and detached, assembled by the Getty Research Institute.
The collection's concentration is on works of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman periods, 6th century BC-6th century AD.
Language of Material:
English
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Arrangement
Arranged geographically, by modern country, ancient city, site, and monument.
Processing History
Finding aid created in 2009.
Other Finding Aids
The
Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately 46% of the photographs in this collection.
Access
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
An assembled collection of modern photographs of ancient wall paintings, both in situ and detached. The collection's concentration
is on works of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman periods, 6th century BC-6th century AD Photographic coverage is most complete
for Greece and Italy, with notable strength in documentation of Etruscan tomb paintings (in Tarquinia and Chiusi in particular)
and of mural paintings in Pompeii. The collection also includes photographs of ancient mural paintings from other countries,
including Germany, Hungary, Libya, Syria, and Turkey.
The collection includes photographs from different sources, chiefly commercial vendors and photographers, as well as the archives
of scholars and research institutions. Among the commercial vendors and photographers are Alinari (including the Anderson
and Brogi archives), Bulloz, Chauffourier, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln Photographie Giraudon, Hirmer
Verlag, Alison Frantz, John Ross, Guntram Koch, Emile Serafis, Giorgio Sommer, and Gabinetto fotografico nazionale (Rome),
including the Antonio Giuliano collection.
Institutional archives from which the collection holds images are the Fototeca unione at the American Academy in Rome and
the Deutsches Archäologisches Institute (DAI), Rome. Scholarly sources include the repository's Giovanni Becatti archives.
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mural painting and decoration, Etruscan
Mural painting and decoration, Roman
Mural painting and decoration, Ancient
Mural painting and decoration, Greek
Photographic prints
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973 -- Photograph collections
Study photographs of ancient mural painting
box 4
Asisium, Boscoreale, Boscotrecase
box 5
Caere, Capua, Chiusi, Cumae, Fondo Bottaro, Gela
box 9
Lunghezza, Oplontis, Orvieto
box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21, box 22, box 23, box 24, box 25, box 26, box 27
box 40, box 41, box 42, box 43, box 44
box 49, box 50, box 51, box 52, box 53, box 54, box 55, box 56, box 57, box 58, box 59, box 60, box 61
box 63
Libya, Syria, Turkey, Yugoslavia
