J. Paul Getty Museum Open Content

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
dei Russi Franco. Cutting from a choir book, 470s. Tempera and gold on parchment, 15cm x 15.7 cm. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum© 2015 The J. Paul Getty Trust. All rights reserved.

Description icon-questionA descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.

Through the Open Content Program, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute provide access to more than 87,000 images from their collections. The images include more than 72,000 from the Research Institute’s Foto Arte Minore archive, which features photographs of the art and architecture of Italy over 30 years by German photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1913–1988). Other images include paintings, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, antiquities, sculpture, decorative arts, artists’ sketchbooks, watercolors, rare prints from the 16th through the 18th century, and 19th-century architectural drawings of cultural landmarks. Over time, images from the Getty Conservation Institute will be added, as well as more images from the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute.

Collection Type icon-questionBroad terms that define the type of digital collection

Subject icon-question Broad terms or phrases that describe, identify, or interpret the digital image collection and what it depicts or expresses. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute.

Style Period icon-questionTerms that define the styles, art periods, movements, etc. whose characteristics are represented in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute

Work Types icon-questionTerms that identify the kinds of works in the digital collection being described. It typically refers to a work’s physical form, function, or medium in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Thesaurus For Graphic Materials (TGM) by Library of Congress.

Openness icon-questionOpenness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).

Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes

Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes

Notes on Usage icon-questionAdditional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.

For non-commercial use only. Prior to download of the high-resolution image, the Getty request users to provide minimal information such as a brief explanation about their planned use of the downloaded digital images. Requires citation for each image use. Any displays or printouts of the Site Content must be marked “© [insert year of display or printout] The J. Paul Getty Trust. All rights reserved.”

e.g. © 2015 The J. Paul Getty Trust. All rights reserved.

Please check their Terms of Service for full details before using images.