Museum
Akademisches Kunstmuseum Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Museum in Bonn; part of Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. 5 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
13 limestone sculptures, 93 ceramics, 20 terracottas, metal and 1 coin (stater of Euelthon, Salamis); plus over 30 vessels given in 1976 or 1980 (2012)
History
- 1891–1892Acquired from Max Ohnefalsch-Richter finds from his excavations, especially the Lambertis necropolis at Tamassos (1889), Alambra, Larnaka, Dali and Amathus.
TamassosMax Ohnefalsch-RichterRecke 2012
- 1894Finds of Ohnefalsch-Richter's 1894 Lambertis excavation, paid for by the Virchow-Stiftung, are now in Bonn (and in Berlin, Nicosia and Cambridge).
TamassosMax Ohnefalsch-RichterRecke 2012
- 1902Cypriot pieces bought for the university collection on the Athens art market and from the trade in Cairo.
Athens; CairoRecke 2012
- 1908Cypriot pieces acquired from the Athens trade ('1908 KH Athen').
AthensRecke 2012
- 1976The Department of Antiquities, Nicosia, gave over 30 vessels, described as duplicates without known findspot, from the Bronze Age to the Byzantine period.
NicosiaRecke 2012
- 1980Exhibition 'Schätze aus Zypern. 8 Jahrtausende, Neolithikum bis Mittelalter' at the Akademisches Kunstmuseum, 5 Nov - 7 Dec 1980, catalogue by C. Grunewald; included German finds from Old Paphos and Tamassos.
BonnRecke 2012
- 1996M. Aspris published a Cypriot plate showing a loom, from the collection, in Bonner Jahrbücher 196.
BonnRecke 2012
People
5 peopleStaff and members · 4
- R. Kekulé von Stradonitzcurator (from c. 1889) · conservateurReinach 1891, p. 2861889
- C. Grunewaldcurator (1980–1980)Recke 20121980
- Asprisother (1996–1996)Recke 20121996
- Georg Loeschckedirector · DirectorOhnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. viii
Sellers and consignors · 1
- Max Ohnefalsch-Richterseller (1891–1892) · sold objectsRecke 20121891–1892
Objects
Aegean-type pottery vessel from Ayia Paraskevi (cat. no. 59)
229from Ayia ParaskeviGraziadio
Sources
- 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
- 2.Giampaolo Graziadio. The Earliest Production of Aegean-Type Pottery in Cyprus.
- 3.Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1893). Kypros, the Bible and Homer. London, Asher & Co.. Online
- 4.Salomon Reinach (1891). Chroniques d'Orient.