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Yes, and I filled Terry in on the history with Montias, even our recent suggestion to him in January to collaborate once again. >>> [log in to unmask] 03/28/01 06:19AM >>> The following announcement from The Frick Art Reference Library may be of interest to ARLIS/NA members. For further information about the Library's Research Program, contact Inge Reist, Chief of Collections Development and Research (phone: 212 547-0657; email: [log in to unmask]). Ms. Reist will be attending the ARLIS/NA conference in Los Angeles. **************************************************************************** * The Frick Art Reference Library Serves as the Only North-American Site for John Michael Montias' Database for Documents on Dutch 16TH and 17TH Century Art Collecting The Frick Collection and Art Reference Library are pleased to announce an important addition to their research collections: a database of more than 40,000 primary documents from the Gemeente Archief Amsterdam, compiled by Yale University Professor Emeritus John Michael Montias, has been installed at the Frick Art Reference Library. The Frick will be the only North American site to offer access to this wealth of information pertaining to patterns of buying, selling, inventorying, and collecting art in Holland during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The database designated as "Montias I" is a transcription of each document and can be searched by inventory number, owner name, inventory date, or by single or combined keywords. The database designated as "Montias II, contains a record for each work of art inventoried in the documents. In addition to searches by artist and inventory number, this database can be searched by owner and buyer names, by subject, or by advanced keyword searches across all fields. Lastly, an artist database contains a partial listing of the artists mentioned in the inventories. Professor Montias has, in essence, bequeathed this database, with personal control of the data during his lifetime, to the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) in The Hague. The availability of the database to users at the Frick is the first manifestation of a partnership between the library and the RKD. The long-term goal of this collaboration is to situate a research representative from the RKD at the Frick. Library Inquiries to the Reference Department will be forwarded to the Library's specialist on Dutch and Flemish art, Dr. Louisa Wood Ruby. Contact: Frick Art Reference Library Reference Department, 10 East 71st Street, New York, NY 10021; 212 547 0641; [log in to unmask] About the Frick Art Reference Library The Frick Collection operates the Frick Art Reference Library at 10 East 71st Street, both a research library and a photoarchive. It is one of the world's great repositories for the documentation and study of Western art and has served the international art world for more than seventy-five years. Helen Clay Frick created the Library to further her father's goals for The Frick Collection: "to encourage and develop the study of the fine arts, and to advance the general knowledge of kindred subjects." The Library's collections of 275,000 books and nearly 1,000,000 photographs are complemented by a large collection of microforms and a growing number of electronic text and image resources. In addition, the Library is a repository for auction sale catalogues and provenance information, as well as for archives and special collections documenting the history of art collecting. Access to these collections is by means of on-site and online catalogs, indexes, and finding aids. In recent years, the Library has undertaken specially funded projects that enhance the development, preservation, and publication of its text and image resources. Basic Information General Information Phone: Library (212) 288-8700 Website: www.frick.org E-mail: [log in to unmask] Where: Library: 10 East 71st Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues. Library Hours: 10am to 5pm, Monday through Friday; 9:30am to 1pm on Saturday. Closed August and on Saturdays in June and July. Please call for holiday closure schedule. Library Admission: free. Subway: #6 local (on Lexington Avenue) to 68th Street station Bus: M1, M2, M3, and M4 southbound on Fifth Avenue to 72nd Street and northbound on Madison Avenue to 70th Street # XX, March 19, 2001 For further press information, please contact Heidi Rosenau, Communications Officer Direct Phone: (212) 547-6866 General Phone: (212) 288-0700 Fax: (212) 628-4417 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Website: www.frick.org __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]