Finding aid for the John Gere research papers and photographs regarding Italian Old Master drawings, 1960-1990 950082
Teresa Morales.
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Title: John Gere research papers and photographs regarding Italian Old Master drawings
Creator:
Vitzthum, Walter
Creator:
Gere, John A.
Identifier/Call Number: 950082
Physical Description:
9 Linear Feet
(12 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1960-1990
Abstract: Papers and photographs document Gere's research on Italian old master drawings, especially Raphael and his circle, and Taddeo
and Federico Zuccaro.
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Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers and photographs document Gere's research on Italian drawings, especially those of Raphael and his circle, and Taddeo
Zuccaro.
Files contain published and unpublished lectures, including a series on Raphael and his circle given at Cambridge; notes and
drafts for articles; 33 notebooks detailing research on Italian drawings in various print rooms; 4 folders of correspondence,
especially concerning Gere's monograph on the drawings of Taddeo Zuccaro and related letters from Walter Vitzthum; and ca.
3,100 annotated photographs of Italian old master drawings, one-half of which are of drawings and paintings by Taddeo and
Federico Zuccaro.
Arrangement note
Arranged in four series: Series I. Lectures, 1962-1964; Series II. Travel notebooks, undated; Series III. Correspondence and
writings, 1959-1989; Series IV. Photographs, undated.
Biographical/Historical Note
John Arthur Giles Gere (1921-1995) was a British art historian and connoisseur of Italian sixteenth-century drawings. Educated
at Winchester and Balliol, he became Assistant Keeper in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum in 1946,
and served as Keeper from 1973 to 1981.
He compiled, with Philip Pouncey, two important catalogs of drawings:
Drawings by Raphael, published in 1962, and
Artists working in Rome ca. 1550-ca. 1640.
Gere wrote a series of articles on Taddeo Zuccaro in the
Burlington Magazine, leading to catalogs, exhibitions, and his monograph,
Taddeo Zuccaro: His development studied in his drawings (1969). [See Nicholas Penny's obituary,
Burlington Magazine, vol. 137, No. 1106 May 1995, pp. 319-321.]
Processing History
Processed by Teresa Morales.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from the Gere family in 1995. Additional material about Taddeo Zuccaro (1 linear ft.) was received in 1996.
Preferred Citation
John Gere research papers and photographs relating to Italian old master drawings, 1960-1990, Research Library, The Getty
Research Institute, Accession no. 950082.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa950082
Publication Rights
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Black-and-white negatives
Color negatives
Drawing, Italian-16th century
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Color transparencies
Notebooks
Zuccaro, Taddeo, 1529-1566
Zuccaro, Federico, approximately 1540-1609
Lectures, Series I.
ca. 1962-1964
Physical Description:
1 box(es)
Scope and Contents note
Manuscripts of published and unpublished lectures, and notes for lectures. Several folders relate to Gere's lectures at Cambridge
University about Raphael and his circle.
box 1, folder 1
Raphael lecture notes for Cambridge lecture #1;,
May 11, 1962
box 1, folder 2
Raphael lecture notes for Cambridge lecture #2
box 1, folder 3
Raphael lecture notes for Cambridge lecture #3,
1962
box 1, folder 6
Notes for an article on Gian Francesco Penni and The Scrutton memorandum on Castel Sant'Angelo
box 1, folder 7
Unpublished lecture on Taddeo Zuccaro, Courtauld Institute,
May 19, 1964
box 1, folder 8
Manuscript of published lecture on connoirsseurship
box 1, folder 9
Federico Zuccaro
Scope and Contents note
Notebook with lecture on Federico Zuccaro's drawings of the life of his brother Taddeo, published in English and Italian (photocopy
included).
box 1, folder 10
Michelangelo and Raphael lectures
Travel notebooks, Series II.
undated
Physical Description:
33 notebook(s)
Scope and Contents note
Notebooks contain Gere's observations on Italian drawings, seen at various institutions. All the notebooks are small in size.
box 2, folder 1
Notes on Italian drawings
Container Summary: 10 notebooks
box 2, folder 2
Notes on Italian drawings
Container Summary: 10 notebooks
box 2, folder 3
Notes on Italian drawings
Container Summary: 5 notebooks
box 2, folder 4
Notes on Italian drawings
Container Summary: 8 notebooks
Correspondence and writings, Series III.
ca. 1959-1989
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Manuscripts, notes, letters, clippings, and photographs relating catalog entries, reviews, Gere's article for
Master Drawing Supplement, a monograph on Taddeo Zuccaro's drawings. Most of the letters relate to this publication.
box 3, folder 1
Drafts for catalogue entries, articles and catalogue introductions
box 3, folder 2
Pre-Raphaelite art and poetry lecture
Scope and Contents note
With notes on Aliprando Caprioli.
box 3, folder 3
Taddeo Zuccaro letters, Loren Partridge review,
1959-1970
box 3, folder 5
Letters from James Mundy, Milwaukee Art Museum,
1988-1989
box 3, folder 6
Correspondence with Loren Partridge,
1966-1969
box 3, folder 7
Letters from Walter Vitzthum,
1963-1971
Scope and Contents note
See also Box 20.
box 3, folder 8
Sotheby's (London) auction catalogue: Old Master Drawings,
June 28 1979
Master Drawing Supplement
Scope and Contents note
Notes, manuscript, correspondence and photographs related to the preparation and publication of Gere's monograph.
box 4, folder 1
Notes for photographic plates
box 4, folder 2
Photograph inventory; typed catalogue entries; article (Italian); correspondence
box 4, folder 3
Correspondence, various copies of articles
box 4, folder 4
Notes; photos; photo inventory
box 4, folder 5
Photographs "Still to be catalogued - 1989"
Scope and Contents note
See also boxes 19 and box 20 for related oversize and negatives.
box 5, folder 1
Zuccaro lecture notebook; photographs
box 5, folder 4
Photographs, correspondence
Scope and Contents note
See also Box 20.
box 5, folder 5
Photographs, correspondence
box 5, folder 6
Proofs of
Master Drawing Supplement
Photographs, Series IV.
undated
Container Summary: 3,100 photographs
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of art work, primarily Italian drawings. Nearly half the photographs relate to Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro's drawings
and paintings. One section of this series includes photographs filed alphabetically by artist. Other files hold photographs
of drawings in various institutions. Negatives, transparencies, and slides are housed in box 20 and oversize photographic
prints in box 19. Also included is a small figurative sculpture.
box 6, folder 2
Taddeo Zuccaro's mural project
box 6, folder 3
Taddeo Zuccaro studies for frescoes and engravings
box 6, folder 5
Taddeo Zuccaro
Scope and Contents note
See also box 20.
box 6, folder 6
Polidoresque, Zuccaresque and Porri façades
Scope and Contents note
See box 20 for negatives.
box 7, folder 1
Frangipani Chapel, prophets in niches
Scope and Contents note
See also box 19.
box 7, folder 2
S. M. dell'Orto; S. Sabina apse
box 7, folder 3
Agony in the Garden; Feeding of 5,000
box 7, folder 4
Vatican: Belvedere, Sala Regia and Villa Giulia
box 7, folder 5
Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro's adorations
box 7, folder 6
Palazzo Farnese, Rome: Palazzo Bufalo
box 7, folder 9
Vatican: Cappella Parlina
box 8, folder 1
Palazzo Caetani, Rome; Cartello Orsini, Bracciano
box 8, folder 2
Palazzo Massimi, Rome; Castiglione del Lago
box 8, folder 3
Oratorio del Gonfalone: Orvieto duomo; Lateran transepts
box 8, folder 6
Federico Zuccaro, S. Eustachio, Florence, Venice
Scope and Contents note
Cupola, drop scene, etc.
box 9, folder 3-4
Trometta
Scope and Contents note
See also box 20.
box 9, folder 5-6
F. T. Zuccaro
Scope and Contents note
See also box 20.
box 10, folder 2
India
Scope and Contents note
See also box 20.
box 10, folder 5-6
Perino del Vaga, Castel S. Angelo
Scope and Contents note
See also box 20.
box 11, folder 3
Small figurative sculpture of Mary and Jesus
Scope and Contents note
Broken at base.
box 12, folder 1
Unidentified slides from accordian file
Scope and Contents note
See box 20.
box 14, folder 6
Pesaro, Passarotti, Agony in Garden, , S. Cat. della Ruota
1549-1553
box 15, folder 1
Pesaro, Passarotti, Agony in Garden, , S. Cat. della Ruota
1549-1553
box 15, folder 2
Caprarola, Pal. Farnese (Rome), Sala Regia
box 15, folder 3
Assorted
Scope and Contents note
Maiolica 1560+, Vatican Belvedere 1561-3, Casino of Pius IV, 1560+, Bracciano, Pal. Caetani.
box 15, folder 4
S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Pucci Chapel
Scope and Contents note
"Drawings datable probably 1560s."
box 15, folder 5
Zuccaro
Scope and Contents note
With duplicate photos of additional material plus Landscape with Jonah.
box 15, folder 6
Mattei Chapel, ; Adorations, Villa Giulia and miscellaneous drawings datable mid 1550s
1553-1556
box 16, folder 2
Early Polidoresque, including Pal. Mattei façade.
box 16, folder 3
Miscellaneous; school of Raphael, Roman school
box 16, folder 4
Merseyside County Art Galleries; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
box 16, folder 5
Leningrad; Hermitage; Lisbon; H. List
box 16, folder 6
Birmingham City Art Gallery; Antwerp; Amsterdam; Dijon and Angers
box 17, folder 1
Rennes; Philadelphia; Stuttgart
box 17, folder 7
Mr. Gere's Roman catalogue
box 18, folder 1
Phillips photos
Scope and Contents note
See also box 20.
box 18, folder 2-3
Miscellaneous photos - "still problematical"
box 18, folder 4-5
Photographs to be sorted; needed for article
box 19*
Oversized photograph
Scope and Contents note
With related correspondence from Vadim Cotlenko of La Sirene regarding attribution to Taddeo Zuccaro.
box 20, folder 1
Negatives
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 3, f. 7.
box 20, folder 2
Transparencies
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 4, f. 5.
box 20, folder 3
Negative, Taddeo Zuccaro
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 6, f. 5.
box 20, folder 4
Transparency
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 6, f. 6.
box 20, folder 5
Negatives and transparency
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 9, f. 4.
box 20, folder 6
Transparency
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 9, f. 6.
box 20, folder 7
Negatives
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 10, f. 2.
box 20, folder 8
Transparency
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 10, f. 5.
box 20, folder 9
Slides
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 12, f. 1.
box 20, folder 10
Transparency
Scope and Contents note
Pulled from Box 18, f. 1.
