DATASET Getty GPI merged with Wikidata art people and galleries IDs

 DATASET 

DATASET_GPIulanWIKIDATA_FULL.csv brings together actors in provenance entities from the Getty Provenance Index (GPI) with corresponding Wikidata identifiers for artists, collectors, dealers, galleries, and auction houses (not museums).

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The file contains 61,419 records, each representing a person or organization appearing in the GPI.
Every record retains six key GPI fields and is enriched, where available, with open-data identifiers and descriptions from Wikidata. 

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Merge details

• Primary key: ULANurl (Getty ULAN link)

• Join type: Left join — all GPI rows are preserved, even if no Wikidata match exists

• Wikidata coverage: 11,146 matched entities out of 24,881 unique ULANs (≈45%)

• Columns included: All original GPI columns plus Wikidata fields such as

  • item (Wikidata QID)

  • itemLabel (name in Wikidata)

  • itemDescription

  • External identifiers: VIAF, GND, ISNI, RKD, Proveana, and others

Use
This dataset enables cross-referencing between the Getty Provenance Index and Wikidata, facilitating linked-data research on art-market actors, networks, and provenance patterns.

It is particularly useful for identifying entities appearing in both GPI and open knowledge graphs, enriching provenance chains with additional biographical and institutional context.

It is also useful for identifying GAPS in the data (for example, missing ULAN codes in either GPI or WIKIDATA) and for targeting useful actions to improve data coherence and completeness.

📘 Columns from the Getty Provenance Index (GPI)

1. URI Linkedart json – Persistent URI for the Linked Art JSON record

2. name – Preferred name of the person or organization

3. ULANurl – Getty ULAN identifier in URL form (merge key)

4. starId – Internal GPI identifier

5. birthYear – Year of birth (where applicable)

6. biography GPI – Textual biographical note from GPI

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🟦 Columns from Wikidata

7. item – Full Wikidata entity URI (e.g., http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5582)

8. itemLabel – English label (name of the entity)

9. itemDescription – Short descriptive phrase from Wikidata

10. ulan – ULAN numeric identifier used in Wikidata (e.g., 500044458)

11. VIAF – Virtual International Authority File ID (P214)

12. GND – German National Library identifier (P227)

13. Lexikon – Künstlerlexikon der Schweiz identifier (P9585)

14. Proveana – Proveana database ID (P9434)

15. RKD – RKDartists ID (P650)

16. ArtHist – arthist.net identifier (P10015 or equivalent, if present)

17. BritishM – British Museum person or org ID (P1711 or similar)

18. ISNI – International Standard Name Identifier (P213)

19. LoC – Library of Congress ID (P244)

20. BNF – Bibliothèque nationale de France ID (P268)

21. YadVashem – Yad Vashem Holocaust database ID (P6890)

22. SNAC – Social Networks and Archival Context ID (P3430)

23. Joconde – French museum catalogue ID (P347)

24. BiografischPortaal – Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID (P651)

25. ULANurl_wikidata – Getty ULAN URL as represented within Wikidata

    
    

    Merge details

    • Primary key: ULANurl (Getty ULAN link)

    • Join type: Left join — all GPI rows are preserved, even if no Wikidata match exists

    • Wikidata coverage: 11,146 matched entities out of 24,881 unique ULANs (≈45%)

Richard Zinser and Knoedler

 Richard Zinser in Getty Provenance Index graph data visualisation of Knoedler transactions: Millet, Cranach, Cézanne, Renoir, Bonnard, Romney

Richard Zinser in Knoedler dataviz: network of stock book entries, buyers, sellers, dates, artists, titles.

DATASET: Names in new Getty Provenance Index

 In searching the new Getty Provenance Index, it can be useful to know the "preferred name" as recorded in ULAN, especially when performing a facetted search in the Knoedler files.

Below is a Dataset of names that may be helpful.  The data was retrieved on May 24, 2025. 

The uploaded CSV file contains 61,418 rows and 7 columns. It contains entities (mostly people or organizations) associated with the Getty Provenance Index, particularly those classified as E21_Person or E74_Group in the CIDOC CRM ontology.

Column Name	Description	Non-null Count
URI Linkedart json	The Linked.Art JSON URI for the entity	61,418
name	Preferred name of the person or organization	61,418
ulan	Getty ULAN (Union List of Artist Names) identifier	26,648
starId	Internal Getty Provenance Index identifier (STAR system)	28,500
birthYear	Birth year (if known, usually for people)	15,221
biography	Biographical note or description	10,521

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Pinakos Inc joint owner network in the Knoedler files

Pinakos, owned by Rudolph Heinemann, is a name that pops up in Nazi-looted art and false provenances.

However, the Pinakos name has a tendency to be scrubbed from provenance records, replaced either by its owner, Heinemann, or, occasionally, its frequent partner, Knoedler.

This is a pity because while Heinemann and Knoedler operated over long periods of time, including long before WWII, Pinakos is a name that appears only at very specific times. (So specific that it can be used to date undated ledger entrees.)

Pinakos Inc is rarely found alone in the Knoedler ledgers. Usually it appears as a "joint owner". An interesting pattern is Pinakos as first a "joint owner" and then, without the other partner, a seller in a separate ledger entree.

Pinakos Inc often appears in leger entrees "carried forward". Some transactions involve exchanges or returns with several different Knoedler numbers.

This post examines "joint owners" which appear in the Knoedler ledgers together with Pinakos. 

Tooth in Provenance: UK Collections Trust Spoliation Reports and Getty Public Collections

The name "Authur Tooth" appears frequently in provenances with gaps for the Nazi era. 

This post lists the search results for "Tooth" in the UK Spoliation Reports published by the Collections Trust

Getty Provenance Index Utrillo

 Records from the Getty Provenance Index for the artist Maurice UTRILLO

Pinakos, Heinemann, de Hauke in GPI Public Collections

The Getty Provenance Index maintains a database of artworks from public collections, some of which have provenances.

Additional Databases PUBLIC COLLECTION

Frederick Mont or Mondschein in Provenances of the Getty Provenance Index Public Collections Database

PROVENANCE Still Life with Sweetmeats, Boston MFAAnonymous collection, Spain. Anonymous dealer, Switzerland; sold by this dealer to Frederick Mont, New York; 1962, sold by Mont to the MFA for $7,000 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: February 14, 1962) 
NOTES: 
[1] In a letter to the MFA (October 26, 1962), Mont said that "the painting comes from Spain. We purchased it from an agent in Switzerland."

In a series of posts, we gather together provenances that mention the art dealer Frederick Mont or Mondschein. First up, mentions of Mont/Mondschein the provenances of the Getty Provenance Index Public Collections Database.

Dataset: Frederick Mont in Getty GPI Public Collections Provenance PUBLIC

Format: CSV

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Getty GPI Public Collections Provenance: Frederick Mont/Mondschein by Institution

Institution	Artworks that have Frederick Mont or Mondschein in the Provenance
Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art	18
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts	10
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art	8
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon Museum	6
Oberlin, OH, Allen Memorial Art Museum	6
San Francisco, CA, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum	5
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum	5
Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis Art Museum	4
El Paso, TX, El Paso Museum of Art	4
Denver, CO, Denver Art Museum	3
Seattle, WA, Seattle Art Museum	2
Princeton, NJ, Art Museum, Princeton University	2
New York, NY, Samuel H. Kress Foundation	2
Kansas City, MO, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art	2
Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Museum of Art	1
San Diego, CA, Timken Museum of Art	1
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art	1
New York, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art	1
New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Museum of Art	1
London, England, National Gallery	1
Coral Gables, FL, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami	1
Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum	1
Grand Total	85

Getty GPI Public Collections Provenance: Frederick Mont/Mondschein by Artist

Artist Name	Artworks with Frederick Mont or Mondschein in the Provenance
RUBENS, PETER PAUL (Flemish)	5
JUAN DE FLANDES (Netherlandish)	4
CRANACH, LUCAS (THE ELDER) (German)	3
LORENZETTI, PIETRO (Italian)	2
JORDAENS, JACOB (I) (Flemish)	2
CHARDIN, JEAN BAPTISTE SIMÉON (French)	2
[FRENCH - 15TH C. - 1400-1425] (French)	2
ZURBARÁN, FRANCISCO DE (Spanish)	1
VOUET, SIMON (French)	1
VERONESE (PAOLO CALIARI) (Italian), and Assistants	1
VERONESE (PAOLO CALIARI) (Italian)	1
VELDE, ESAIAS VAN DE (I) (Dutch)	1
VELÁZQUEZ, DIEGO RODRÍGUEZ DE SILVA Y (Spanish), manner	1
VALDÉS LEAL, JUAN DE (Spanish)	1
TIZIANO VECELLIO (Italian), attributed	1
TINTORETTO, JACOPO (JACOPO ROBUSTI) (Italian)	1
SUSI, LODEWIK (Flemish)	1
STROZZI, BERNARDO (Italian)	1
STEEN, JAN (Dutch)	1
SNYDERS, FRANS (Flemish)	1
SIMONE DEL TINTORE (Italian)	1
SCHIAVONE (ANDREA MELDOLLA) (Italian)	1
SAVOLDO, GIOVANNI GIROLAMO (Italian)	1
SAENREDAM, PIETER JANSZ. (Dutch)	1
RUISDAEL, JACOB VAN (Dutch)	1
RUBENS, PETER PAUL (Flemish), after	1
RICCI, SEBASTIANO (Italian)	1
RIBERA, JUSEPE DE (LO SPAGNOLETTO) (Spanish), circle	1
PUCCINELLI, ANGELO (Italian)	1
POUSSIN, NICOLAS (French)	1
PIETRO DA CORTONA (Italian), attributed	1
PELLEGRINI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO (Italian)	1
PATINIR, JOACHIM (Netherlandish), follower	1
OS, JAN VAN (Dutch)	1
NICOLAS D'YPRES (LE PICARD) (French)	1
NICCOLÒ DI BUONACCORSO (Italian)	1
MURILLO, BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN (Spanish)	1
MORAZZONE (PIER FRANCESCO MAZZUCCHELLI) (Italian)	1
MOMPER, JOOS DE (II) (Flemish)	1
MASTER OF THE BRAUNSCHWEIG DIPTYCH (Netherlandish), circle	1
MARESCALCHI, PIETRO (LO SPADA) (Italian)	1
LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (Netherlandish), after	1
LIPPI, FILIPPINO (Italian)	1
LASTMAN, PIETER PIETERSZ. (Dutch)	1
JORDAENS, JACOB (I) (Flemish), attributed	1
HOOCH, PIETER DE (Dutch)	1
HEEMSKERCK, MAERTEN VAN (Netherlandish)	1
HAMEN Y LÉON, JUAN VAN DER (Spanish)	1
HALS, FRANS (I) (Dutch), imitator	1
GUARDI, FRANCESCO (Italian)	1
GRECO, EL (DOMENICO THEOTOCOPULI) (Greek and Spanish)	1
GIOVANNI DI PAOLO DI GRAZIA (Italian)	1
GIORDANO, LUCA (Italian)	1
GHERARDI, FILIPPO (SANCASCIANI) (Italian), and Coli, Giovanni; COLI, GIOVANNI (Italian), and Gherardi, Filippo (Sancasciani)	1
FRANCIA, FRANCESCO (FRANCESCO RAIBOLINI) (Italian)	1
ESSELENS, JACOB (Dutch)	1
DYCK, ANTHONIE VAN (Flemish)	1
DÜRER, ALBRECHT (German)	1
DRÖLLING, LOUISE ADÉONE (French)	1
DIEPENBEECK, ABRAHAM JANSZ. VAN (Flemish)	1
DADDI, BERNARDO (Italian)	1
CLAUDE LORRAIN (CLAUDE GELLÉE) (French)	1
BUGIARDINI, GIULIANO (Italian)	1
BRUGGHEN, HENDRICK TER (Dutch)	1
BRUEGHEL, JAN (THE ELDER) (Flemish)	1
BOSCOLI, ANDREA (Italian)	1
BASSANO, JACOPO (JACOPO DA PONTE) (Italian)	1
AMBERGER, CHRISTOPH (German)	1
[ITALIAN - NEAPOLITAN - 17TH C. - 1625-1650] (Italian)	1
[GERMAN - FRANCONIAN - 15TH C. - 1425-1475] (German)	1
[FRENCH - 16TH C. - 1500-1550] (French)	1
[AUSTRIAN - 15TH C. - 1475-1500] (Austrian)	1
Grand Total	85

For more information about art dealer Frederick Mont (Mondschein), see:

Frederick Mont in artworks listed by the National Gallery of Art on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal

Fritz Mont, Frederick Mondschein and Galerie Sanct Lucas: 

What does it mean to find the names Fritz Mont, Fritz Mondschein, Frederick Mondschein or Frederick Mont in the provenance of an artwork?

Art Dealers in Provenance: Frederick Mont at the Toledo Museum of Art and LACMA

Provenance gaps in artworks: examples from DIA