The J. Paul Getty Museum has received a gift from 38 rare manuscript pages from Italian artists about the 12th to 17th centuries, which marks the greatest donation of artworks in the Museum in decades, was announced on Monday.
The works show religious scenes from the life of Jesus, Mary and various saints and considerably expand the medieval and Renaissance companies of Getty, according to Getty functionaries.
The pages, many of which were created in Christian choir books, were donated by collectors T. Robert Burke and Katherine States Burke.
First V: the Ascension of Christ, leaf from a gradual, around 1435 – 1440. Getty Museum, Gift of T. Robert and Katherine
States Burke.
“This generous gift will almost double our display of the Italian manuscript (pages), which makes a transforming improvement of the status and quality of our medieval and Renaissance collections,” said Timothy Potts, the Maria Hummer-Tuttle and Robert Tuttle director of the Getty Museum, said in a statement.
“These works will be fully accessible for students and scientists and will be regularly emphasized in our changing displays in the museum’s galleries.”
The donation includes works by renowned 14th and 15th-century Italian artists such as Lorenzo Monaco, Don Silvestro Dei Gherarducci, Don Simone Camaldolese, Lippo Vanni, Giovanni di Paolo and Sano di Pietro, according to Getty officers. Many of these artists also created altarpieces, frescoes and panel paintings.
One of the most striking works is “Initial V: Christ Blessing,” “Painted by Lorenzo Monaco, a leading figure in the early 15th-century Florence. The work shows Christ nestled in the dazzling foliage of a large letter V, displayed in lively color and gold. It is the first work of Getty that the collection of Getty’s collection of the collection of the collection of the collection of the collection of the collection of the collection of Gety.
First V: The children of the world that praise the Lord, cut from Antiphonal, around 1430 – 1436. Getty Museum, gift from T. Robert and Katherine says Burke.
The Getty said it is planning to include the newly acquired pages in a special exhibition in the summer of 2027.
The museum also launches an online version via Google Arts & Culture and makes high resolution images through the digital collection.
More information is available on Getty.edu.
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