Museum established by Jean Paul Getty to house his large collection of artworks, to which he continued to add. The original museum occupied a wing added to his ranch house in Malibu, Calif., U.S. His collections soon outgrew that location, and in 1974 they were moved to a new building in Malibu, a lavish re-creation of a Roman villa uncovered at Herculaneum. On Getty's death the museum became the most richly endowed in the world. It now is housed in the Getty Center, a striking six-building complex in Los Angeles designed by Richard Meier, which opened with great publicity in 1997. Its collections include European paintings, sculpture, drawings, and decorative arts to 1900, illuminated manuscripts, and photographs. Greek and Roman antiquities remain in the Malibu villa. The collections reflect Getty's preference for paintings of the Renaissance and the Baroque period and for French furniture. J. Paul Getty Museum

French silver tureen Germaine 1744

Hunt Goblet Bohemian 1576 Calyx Krater Greek 470 BCE Aegisthus Painter

French silver tureen Germaine 1726

Roman plate

Hercules pendant French 1540 Prudence Commesso Hat Badge French 1550

Roman cameo ring Roman Intaglio Brooch

Italian Mosaic Night Clock Foggini 1704

Rooms Furnished in the Rococo Style

Rooms Furnished in the Rococo Style

Rococo Style

Rococo Style

Italian Daybed 1842 Moncalvo

French Coffer 1684 Boulle Terracotta Mantel Clock Model 1700 French

Compound Microscope Case 1751 French

French Mantel Clock Gilt Bronze 1745

French oak secretaire 1780

French oak veneer cabinet with hardstone panels 1810

Secretaire French (Paris) about 1785 attributed to Jean-Henri Riesener oak veneered with amaranth and ebony

Persus and Medusa Italian Bruschi 1750 Joseph with Christ child Italian 1790s Laudato

Neoclassical bed French 1775

Chinese Kangxi Vase with French gilt mounts 18th century CE Allegorical Portrait of Van Risamburgh Family by Joseph Chinard 1790

Neoclassical Mantel Clock

Magdalena1948