In 2018, a select group of scientists and conservators experienced with the microfading tester met to discuss the current state of the technique and to propose how its practice might be expanded in ...

The education department seeks to inspire all of our audiences to engage with our collection and exhibitions through programs and resources at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa museums. This free ...

PDF editions of selected books, reports and guidelines published by the Getty Conservation Institute.

Saint George and the Dragon (detail), from Book of Hours, about 1450–1455, Master of Guillebert de Mets.Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink, on parchment. Getty Museum, Ms. 2 (84.ML.67), fol. 18v The ...

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Portrait of José Nicolás de Azara, Marquis of Nibbiano (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); after 1774; Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728 - 1779); Oil on canvas; Unframed: 82.6 × 63.5 cm (32 1/2 × ...

Foundation Deposit of Xerxes (The Daiva Inscription), Achaemenid, 486–465 BC.Limestone. Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, A24120. The Persian king Cyrus II, “the Great” ...

Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Figures 3, 9–17, 22–24, 28, 32, 33, 36, 38, 40, 51, and 54 are reproduced with the ...

This volume in the Occasional Papers on Antiquities series includes analyses by Donna Kurtz and John Boardman of vase paintings depicting revelers associated with the poet Anakreon; an examination by ...

Mission To cultivate advanced knowledge of art and its varied histories Who We Are As a part of the J. Paul Getty Trust based in the city of Los Angeles, the Getty Research Institute (GRI) is an ...

To late-twentieth-century eyes, Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s La Promenade raises few questions and poses few problems; indeed, little has been written about the picture, despite its regular appearance in ...

AATA Online. is a free research database containing abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage.. It has been managed and published by the Getty ...