The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal is a compendium of articles and notes pertaining to the Museum’s permanent collection of paintings. This volume includes an introduction by Burton B. Fredericksen, and an illustrated essay of recent acquisitions of paintings, as well as essays by Eric Young, Jean-Luc Bordeaux, and Burton Fredericksen.

This is the first volume to be issued since the passing of J. Paul Getty, the Museum’s founder. The principal article of this volume, the one on Raphael’s Madonna di Loreto, was one that he was especially interested in. He was an eager student of Raphael and everything that touched on his favorite picture, and it is only appropriate that the article, which is a summary discussion of the picture’s provenance, be dedicated to him.

• Introduction
• New Information on Raphael’s Madonna di Loreto
  Burton Fredericksen
• Antonio Puga, His Place in Spanish Painting, and the Pseudo-Puga
  Eric Young
• The Four Evangelists by Carlo Dolci
  Burton Fredericksen
• The Epitome of the Pastoral Genre in Boucher’s Oeuvre: The Fountain of Love and The Bird Catchers from The Noble Pastoral
  Jean-Luc Bordeaux
• Recent Gifts of Paintings
  Burton Fredericksen