Iconclass

Iconclass is a specialized library classification designed for classifying the subjects and content of images in art (their iconography).

It was originally conceived by the Dutch art historian Henri van de Waal in the 1970s, and was further developed by a group of scholars after his death.

Initially designed for historical imagery, it is now also used to create subject access to texts and to classify a wide range of images, including modern photography.

Iconclass was developed in the Netherlands as a standard classification for recording collections, with the idea of assembling huge databases that will allow the retrieval of images featuring particular details, subjects or other common factors.

[4] 48C7211 = 'musician training pupils, music-lesson' 48C7523 = 'one person playing keyboard instrument' 48C7331 = 'spinet, virginal' 48C7315(VIOLA DA GAMBA) = 'viola da gamba (sizes: pardessus de viole, treble, alto, tenor, bass, and contrabass (violone))' 25H16 = 'plain' 61D(GENNEVILLIERS) = 'geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc.'