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Institut Neerlandais / Collection Frits Lugt - Fondation Custodia / Bibliotheek
Dutch Institute / Frits Lugt Collection - Fondation Custodia / Library
121, Rue de Lille, 75007 Paris (France)Tel: **33 (0)1-53591243 Fax: **33 (0)1-45560077, E-mail: biblio@institutneerlandais.com
Librarians W. de Bruijn
Opening hours Mon 13.00-21.00, Tue-Fri 13.00-19.00
Conditions of use Consultation only (except works of Dutch literature); for the older imprints it is necessary to make an appointment beforehand
Services Reference assistance
WWW-site www.fondationcustodia.fr and www.institutneerlandais.com
Size 200,000 volumes, 250 current and discontinued periodicals
Character and emphasis The Institut Néerlandais was founded in 1957 as a centre promoting Dutch culture, literature and the arts, at the instigation of the collector and connoisseur Frits Lugt (1884-1970). It houses the Fondation Custodia, which administers the splendid collection of art and part of the art-historical library brought together by Lugt and his wife. The Fondation Custodia has continually expanded Lugt's collection of art, chiefly consisting of prints, drawings and early editions, and enriched it with an important collection of Indian miniatures. It has likewise expanded his research library, which supports and reflects the collection: it provides ample general documentation on all fields of the fine arts of the Western world, and a large specialized collection on Dutch art and on European prints and drawings. The Institut Néerlandais proper, maintains its own library documenting the history, culture, language and literature of the Netherlands in general, and its visual arts in particular.
Special collections The Fondation Custodia owns an important collection of 40.000 autograph letters by European artists, collectors and art-historians from the Renaissance to the present day.
Access Closed stacks
Catalogues
- Automated catalogue, established in 1986; to date ca 100.000 titles have been entered
- Alphabetical and systematic card-catalogues of the holdings of the Institut Néerlandais and the older imprints (before 1800) of the Fondation Custodia
- Mària van Berge-Gerbaud, Maartje Verscheure-Nelissen (eds.). Institut Néerlandais Paris 1957-1992. Paris 1993
- Inventaire des autographes d'artistes français du XVe au XIXe siècle de la Fondation Custodia / Collection Frits Lugt. Paris 1988
Last modified: 17/04/2007