Remodeling the Getty Provenance Index
A complete overhaul of the Getty Provenance Index® to increase its use as a leading tool for research
Project Details
- Category
- Years 2016 – ongoing
- Status
- Organizer
M. Knoedler & Co. Painting stock book 10, page 156, 1952–1959. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2012.M.54.
About
Goal
This project remodels the infrastructure of the Getty Provenance Index ®—a pioneering digital humanities tool created in the early 1980s—to adapt to significant advances in digital technology. This overhaul not only improves access to the data, but also supports new research demands in the field, allowing for explorations into the lineage, social life, and geographic mobility of individual works of art. This project makes a major contribution to the fields of art provenance, collection, and market research.
Background
Resources
Featured Resources
Getty Provenance Index®
Database
2.3 million records taken from source materials, such as archival inventories, auction catalogs, and dealer stock books
Getty Provenance Index® GitHub
Dataset
(opens in new tab)Full datasets from the Getty Provenance Index® for use before the Linked Open Data versions are released to the public
Related
About Collecting and Provenance Research
Website
Documentation about the Getty Research Institute’s Project for the Study of Collecting and Provenance (PSCP)
Arches
Website
(opens in new tab)The platform where the Getty Provenance Index® will eventually live
Linked Art
Website
(opens in new tab)Describes the language used by the new Getty Provenance Index®