Finding aid for the Gentili - Barnabei archive, ca. 1660 - ca. 1920 880209
Teresa Morales.
Special Collections
1998
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Gentili - Barnabei archive
Creator:
Barnabei, Felice, 1842-1922
Creator:
Gentili, Berardino
Creator:
Gentili, Berardino
Creator:
Gentili, Carmine
Creator:
Gentili, Giacomo
Identifier/Call Number: 880209
Physical Description:
275 items
Date (inclusive): circa 1660-circa 1920
Abstract: Principally records relating to the production and decoration of ceramics, especially majolica, by three generations of the
Gentili family, ca. 1650-ca. 1813. Included are some 19th and 20th century papers of Barnabei and his family relating to the
history of potters in Castelli. The archive was formerly owned by historian Felice Barnabei.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in Italian and English.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection, formerly owned by the historian Felice Barnabei, consists principally of records relating to the production
and decoration of ceramics, especially majolica, by three generations of the Gentili family --Bernardino II (d. 1683); Bernardino's
son Carmine (1678-1763); and Carmine's sons, Giacomo II (1717-1765) and Ber[n]ardino III (1727-1813). Included are design
drawings, pounced drawings, and prints and pounced prints of subjects for the decoration of ceramics. The archive also contains
reports and agreements relating to the manufacture of pottery in the town of Castelli (Teramo), with lists of pieces made
and objects sold.
Some Gentili family records, as well as Barnabei papers from the early 20th century, and Barnabei family papers from the late
19th century, relate to the traditions and history of the potters of Castelli.
Each item in the archive is numbered. One file holds typed transcriptions of some documents (21 pp.).
Note: the inventory, as translated by Catherine Hess (curator, J. Paul Getty Museum), has been used in processing this collection.
Biographical/Historical Note
Members of the Gentili family were, for more than three centuries, potters in Castelli, and painters of majolica ceramics,
circa 1650-circa 1813.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1988.
Preferred Citation
Gentili - Barnabei archive ca. 1660-ca. 1920, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 880209.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa880209
Publication Rights
Access
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Prints
Pottery, Italian
Design drawings
Majolica -- 17th century -- Italy -- Castelli
Majolica -- 18th century -- Italy -- Castelli
box 1, folder 1-16
Documents, drawings and cartoons,
1578-1900
box 1, folder 1
Documents regarding glazes, ceramists meeting minutes, kilns, and maiolica production,
1862, undated
Physical Description:
7 items
box 1, folder 2
Pricked cartoon, print and sketches,
undated
Physical Description:
3 items
box 1, folder 3
Pricked cartoons on letters, letter fragments and small notebooks,
1676-1763
Physical Description:
18 items
box 1, folder 4
Assorted documents, letters and lists,
1708-1816
Physical Description:
14 items
box 1, folder 5
Assorted documents, letters, pricked cartoon on letter, lists and fragments of same,
1634-1793
Physical Description:
20 items
box 1, folder 6
Letters and lists regarding various supplies, expenses and mortgages, some with pricked cartoons,
1650-1801
Physical Description:
30 items
box 1, folder 7
Letters and lists regarding orders, expenses, matrimonial information and duties, some with pricked cartoons,
1666-1859
Physical Description:
21 items
box 1, folder 8
Letters, lists and printed pages regarding health, education, ceramics and religious matters, some with pricked cartoons,
1578-1764 (or 1799?)
Physical Description:
24 items
box 1, folder 9
Pen and ink sketches/drawings of putti, mythological and religious characters, some with pricked cartoons,
undated
Physical Description:
24 items
box 1, folder 10
Pricked drawings and cartoons, sketches of animals, putti, mythological and religious characters,
undated
Physical Description:
9 items
box 1, folder 11
Pricked cartoons, ink drawings and washes of figures, mythological characters, shields and partial letters,
1688, 1735
Physical Description:
15 items
box 1, folder 12
Pricked cartoons (one on letter) and prints of figures, animals, mythological & religious characters,
1629, 1711, 1788
Physical Description:
17 items
box 1, folder 13
Pricked prints and cartoon of figures, animals, allegorical and religion scenes,
1598-1649
Physical Description:
16 items
box 1, folder 14
Pricked cartoons and drawing of putti, mythological and religious characters, figures and animals,
1872, undated
Physical Description:
6 items
box 1, folder 15
Drawings (2 painted) and pricked cartoons of putti, mythological and religious characters, urns and framing motifs, figures
and animals,
1869, 1874, 1898-1900
Physical Description:
19 items
box 1, folder 16
Typed transcriptions of some of the documents in the archive, scattered numbers 31-137,
undated
Physical Description:
21 pp.
box 2, folder 1-2
Oversized material,
1715, undated
box 2, folder 1
Document on vellum, pricked cartoons, drawings of mythological and religious characters,
undated
Physical Description:
14 items
box 2, folder 2
Sketchbook of rag paper with ink and pencil drawings,
1715
Physical Description:
10 items
