INVENTORY OF THE JOHN GERE RESEARCH PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
REGARDING OLD MASTER DRAWINGS, 1960-1990
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J. Paul Getty Trust
INVENTORY OF THE JOHN GERE RESEARCH PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
REGARDING OLD MASTER DRAWINGS, 1960-1990
Accession no. 950082
Finding aid prepared by Teresa Morales
Getty Research Institute
Contact Information:
- Getty Research Institute
- Research Library
- Special Collections and Visual Resources
- 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
- Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
- Phone: (310) 440-7390
- Fax: (310) 440-7780
- Email requests:
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/reference_form.html
- URL:
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/
- Processed by:
- Teresa Morales
- Date Completed:
-
1996
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©2006 J. Paul Getty Trust
Descriptive Summary
Title: John Gere research papers
and photographs regarding Italian Old Master drawings
Dates: 1960-1990
Collection number: 950082
Creator:
Gere, John
A.
Extent:
9 linear feet
(12
boxes)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Libary
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: Papers and photographs document Gere's
research on Italian old master drawings, especially Raphael and his circle, and
Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro.
Language: Collection material is in
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
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.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from the Gere family in 1995. Additional material about
Taddeo Zuccaro (1 linear ft.) was received in 1996.
Processing History
Processed by Teresa Morales.
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 complied, 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.]
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
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Zuccari, Federico, 1542
or 3-1609.
Zuccari, Taddeo,
1529-1566
Subjects - Topics
Drawing, Italian-16th
century
Genres and Forms of Material
Black-and-white
negatives
Color
negatives
Color
transparencies
Notebooks
Photographic
prints
Photographs,
Original
Contributors
Vitzthum,
Walter
Series I.
Lectures,
ca. 1962-1964
Physical Description:
1 box
Scope and Content 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 Content 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
Series II.
Travel notebooks,
undated
Physical Description:
33 notebooks
Scope and Content 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
Physical Description:
10 notebooks
Box 2, Folder 2
Notes on Italian drawings
Physical Description:
10 notebooks
Box 2, Folder 3
Notes on Italian drawings
Physical Description:
5 notebooks
Box 2, Folder 4
Notes on Italian drawings
Physical Description:
8 notebooks
Series III.
Correspondence and writings,
ca. 1959-1989
Physical Description:
1.25 lin. ft.
Scope and Content 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 Content 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 Content Note
See also Box 20.
Box 3, Folder 8
Sotheby's (London) auction catalogue: Old Master
Drawings,
June 28
1979
Box 4-5
Master Drawing Supplement
Scope and Content 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 Content 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 Content Note
See also Box 20.
Box 5, Folder 5
Photographs, correspondence
Box 5, Folder 6
Proofs of
Master Drawing Supplement
Series IV.
Photographs,
undated
Physical Description:
3,100 photographs
Scope and Content 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 Content Note
See also box 20.
Box 6, Folder 6
Polidoresque, Zuccaresque and Porri
façades
Scope and Content Note
See box 20 for negatives.
Box 7, Folder 1
Frangipani Chapel, prophets in niches
Scope and Content 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 Content Note
Cupola, drop scene, etc.
Box 9, Folder 3-4
Trometta
Scope and Content Note
See also box 20.
Box 9, Folder 5-6
F. T. Zuccaro
Scope and Content Note
See also box 20.
Box 10, Folder 2
India
Scope and Content Note
See also box 20.
Box 10, Folder 5-6
Perino del Vaga, Castel S. Angelo
Scope and Content Note
See also box 20.
Box 11, Folder 3
Small figurative sculpture of Mary and Jesus
Scope and Content Note
Broken at base.
Box 12, Folder 1
Unidentified slides from accordian file
Scope and Content Note
See box 20.
Box 14, Folder 6
Pesaro, Passarotti, Agony in Garden,
1549-1553, S. Cat. della Ruota
Box 15, Folder 1
Pesaro, Passarotti, Agony in Garden,
1549-1553, S. Cat. della Ruota
Box 15, Folder 2
Caprarola, Pal. Farnese (Rome), Sala Regia
Box 15, Folder 3
Assorted
Scope and Content 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 Content Note
"Drawings datable
probably 1560s."
Box 15, Folder 5
Zuccaro
Scope and Content Note
With duplicate photos of additional material plus
Landscape with Jonah.
Box 15, Folder 6
Mattei Chapel,
1553-1556; Adorations, Villa Giulia and
miscellaneous drawings datable mid 1550s
Box 16, Folder 2
Early Polidoresque, including Pal. Mattei façade.
Box 16, Folder 3
Miscellaneous; school of Raphael, Roman
school
Box 16-17, Folder 4
Merseyside County Art Galleries; Art Gallery of
Greater Victoria
Box 16-17, Folder 5
Leningrad; Hermitage; Lisbon; H. List
Box 16-17, 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 Content 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 Content Note
With related correspondence from Vadim Cotlenko of La
Sirene regarding attribution to Taddeo Zuccaro.
Box 20, Folder 1
Negatives
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 3, f. 7.
Box 20, Folder 2
Transparencies
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 4, f. 5.
Box 20, Folder 3
Negative, Taddeo Zuccaro
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 6, f.
5.
Box 20, Folder 4
Transparency
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 6, f. 6.
Box 20, Folder 5
Negatives and transparency
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 9, f. 4.
Box 20, Folder 6
Transparency
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 9, f. 6.
Box 20, Folder 7
Negatives
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 10, f. 2.
Box 20, Folder 8
Transparency
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 10, f. 5.
Box 20, Folder 9
Slides
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 12, f. 1.
Box 20, Folder 10
Transparency
Scope and Content Note
Pulled from Box 18, f. 1.
