PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
The Photographic Archive of the Dutch University Institute for Art History comprises the photo study collections of:
Benedict Nicolson (1914-1978), former director of The Burlington Magazine. Widely reknowned for his expertise on 17th-century painting, Nicolson assembled the world's most important and extensive collection of photographs on Caravaggio and his followers.
Hermann Georg August Voss (1884-1969), former director of the Gemäldegalerie Dresden, and Gerhard Ewald (1927-1997), former keeper of the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.
Hermann Voss was a major expert in European painting of the Mannerist and Baroque periods. He started assembling photographs in the 1920s, having access to many German private collections that are now lost or dispersed. His distinctive study collection focusses on 17th and 18th century painting in Venice, Genoa, Naples, Rome and Florence.
Luigi Magnaguagno, art dealer in Milan until 1995, specialised in Dutch and Flemish painting. His archive reflects the developments in the international art market between 1965 and 1995.
The catalog currently consists of approximately 40,000 descriptive records and provides access to circa 45,000 zoomable images of works of art. The collection's strength lies in the photographic reproduction of European paintings and drawings from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The database includes a conspicuous amount of unpublished and unknown material. Digitised materials are gradually being added.
All digitised photographs, transparencies and negatives are property of the Dutch University Institute for Art History, Florence. The original photographs and master scans are available for research in the library of the Institute, by appointment only (niki@nikiflorence.org).
Requests for high resolution images and other professional services must be sent to niki@nikiflorence.org.
Database realised with the support of Utrecht University, Dutch Research Council (NWO) and Stichting Vrienden van het Kunsthistorisch Instituut in Florence. Project management and coordination: Gert Jan van der Sman
