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Collections of Art-historical documentation in the Netherlands

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Iconografisch bureau / Stichting Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie RKD

Institute for Portrait Iconography / Foundation Netherlands Institute for Art History RKD

Prins Willem Alexanderhof 5 / PO Box 90418, 2509 LK Den Haag
The institute is part of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD)
Tel: 070-3339777, Fax: 070-3339789, E-mail: ib@rkd.nl
Opening hours Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00
Conditions of use Consultation only; the visitor has the option of various types of entrance cards (day, week, year)
Services Reference assistance / photographic services / information on sitters and artists and photographs can also be requested by mail / restaurant in the Royal Library complex
WWW-site http://www.rkd.nl

Size 1,000 books, 17 current and 12 discontinued periodicals; 50.000 reproductions
Character and emphasis In 1995 the Iconografisch Bureau (formerly Stichting Iconografisch Bureau) formally joined forces with the RKD foundation. The collection of this scholarly documentation centre for Dutch portraiture, consists of a card index based on the identity of the sitters and alphabetically arranged according to family name. This filing system refers to about 100,000 painted, drawn, engraved or photographed portraits in Dutch collections or in collections abroad; 50,000 reproductions, many with the matching negatives; thousands of portrait prints and photographs; and a collection of family albums containing so-called "cartes-de-visite" portraits. The library provides reference material for locating and identifying the sitters and the artists; catalogues of public and private collections and portrait exhibitions; monographs of portrait painters; works on topography, genealogy and heraldry, and other related subjects in the field of portrait iconography, e.g. costumes.

Special collections

  • Documentation on approximately 100,000 portraits
  • Portrait prints and photographs
  • Family albums containing "cartes de visite" portrait photographs
Access Closed stacks; a selection of the collection in open shelves. Materials in the visual documentation department are directly accessible.

Catalogues

  • Card catalogue of the library
  • Card indexes to the portrait documentation arranged alphabetically by family name of the sitter, name of artist, date and present location
  • Since 1987 the documentation is being automated, which enables access to the documentation also on technique, costume, profession of the sitter etc.
Publications
  • C.W. Delforterie. Overzicht van de verzamelingen berustende bij het Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie en bij het Iconografisch Bureau (9th ed.). Den Haag 1989
  • Heleen J.M. Vieveen. 'Iconografisch Bureau'. RKD Bulletin (1995), no. 2, 6-11 (both in Dutch and English)
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