Some works (e.g., photographs) in our collection include ten or more “identified” individuals. Other works may be associated with an individual (e.g., a silver piece presented to an historical figure).
We are temporarily “parking” information in two flex fields, pending future development of subject cataloguing. These fields are:
Associated with
Person depicted
Merrianne Timko
Data Standards Manager
The Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston
PO Box 6826 Houston, Texas 77265-6826
713.353.1523 Office
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On Behalf Of Gabriela Zoller
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 10:10 AM
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Subject: Re: identifying sitter or subject of a painting/portrait through constituent xref
We use
depicts (object – person/place) and depicted in (person/place – object)
Best,
Gabriela
Gabriela Zoller
Acting Head of Research Resources / Art Collection Cataloger
Department of Research Resources
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14222
716.270.8277 (ph)
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On Behalf Of Wilson Jarred
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Subject: identifying sitter or subject of a painting/portrait through constituent xref
Hi all,
I’m trying to wrap my head around an issue involving constituent xrefs on object records. For sitters of portraits, we have utilized a role called “Sitter” to link a constituent to the object record. We would like to do something similar
with people depicted (but who didn’t necessarily model or sit for a piece) in a photograph or poster. “Sitter” doesn’t seem to work well because, based on the
Getty AAT definition, it relates very specifically to portrait and not to other visual works. I am hesitant to call them the “Subject” because I think that term would get confused with overall subject or genre of a painting (i.e. “allegory”).
Has anyone used constituent xrefs in the object record to identify the person depicted in a photograph? If so, what role have you used to do this? If anyone has any insight which they could pass along, I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
Jarred Wilson
Associate Registrar
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
tel. 941-359-5700 x1504
fax 941-359-7716
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