INVENTORY OF THE GENTILI - BARNABEI ARCHIVE ca. 1660 - ca. 1920
Box list created by Teresa Morales.
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INVENTORY OF THE GENTILI - BARNABEI ARCHIVE ca. 1660 - ca. 1920
Accession no. 880209
Inventory prepared by Teresa Morales
Getty Research Institute
Contact Information:
- The 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:
-
Jul 1996, revised Apr 2004
- Encoded by:
- Philip Curtis, revised by Julio Vera
©1998 J. Paul Getty Trust.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Gentili - Barnabei archive
Date (inclusive): circa 1660-circa 1920
Collection number: 880209
Collector:
Barnabei, Felice, 1842-1922
Extent:
circa 275 items
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
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.
Language: Collection material in Italian, and English
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Gentili - Barnabei archive ca. 1660-ca. 1920, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 880209.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1988.
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.
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.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Majolica—17th century—Italy—Castelli
Majolica—18th century—Italy—Castelli
Pottery, Italian
Genres and Forms of Material
Design drawings
Prints
Contributors
Barnabei, Felice, 1842-1922
Gentili, Berardino, 1727-1813
Gentili, Bernardino, d.1683
Gentili, Carmine, 1678-1763
Gentili, Giacomo, 1717-1763
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
