The
Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive was organized by art connoisseur Count
Alessandro Contini, with assistance
by art historian Evelyn Sandberg-Vavala and later augmented by antiquarian Gualtiero
Volterra and art scholar Mina Gergori. This research collection of more than
60,000 photographs was created between the 1930s and the 1960s by Florentine
art experts who helped assemble the Contini and Samuel H. Kress Collections.
These photographs form a distinctive visual resource with an emphasis on the
Italian art schools but also include examples from other European traditions.
It provides important support materials for scholars and advanced students who
undertake research in these areas. More than 300 leather-bound volumes contain
photographic images of paintings, sculpture, and architectural monuments from
the 13th through 20th centuries, many of which are no longer in existence.
An index to the artists included in the collection is available in Adobe Acrobat format. To view the file, download a free copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader. Please note that the index is a very large file (12 MB) and may take several minutes to download if you have a slow internet connection.
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