Archival Records:
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
Title
Kunsthistorisches Institut in
Florenz
Description
The institute was established in 1897 by German art historians in Italy. Its
library houses approximately 215,000 volumes, and concentrates on Italian art.
It has an online catalogue and participates in the consortium of three German
research libraries specialising in the history of art.
The photograph archives are open to researchers and include approximately 543,000 photographs of Italian art from the Middle Ages to the present. The photographs are organised according to iconography, geography, and artist.
Contact
Information
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
Max-Planck-Institut
Via Giuseppe Giusti 44
I-50121 Florence
Tel.: +39 055 249 11 1
Fax: +39 055 249 11 5
Source
<www.khi.fi.it>, accessed 27 March 2003.
N.H. Yeide, K. Akinsha, A.L. Walsh (eds.), AAM Guide to Provenance Research,
Washington 2001, p 250.
