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Dealers

Casa Castellani

Rome, Italy

Dealers in Rome. 1 person in the register connected with it.

History

  1. 1860–1861
    Wikipedia (tertiary) says the Castellani house had a Paris branch from 1860 and a London branch from 1861 (the London branch run by Carlo Giuliano).

    Alessandro CastellaniAlessandro Castellani

  2. 1865–1882
    Alessandro Castellani sold antiquities to the British Museum over these years, 'occasionally Cypriot pieces' per Tatton-Brown; no Cypriot objects identified.

    Alessandro CastellaniTatton-Brown 2001

  3. 1878
    Castellani bought three Black-on-Red flasks at Drouot from the former Barre collection (later Lyon E 152-1 to -3).

    ParisAlessandro CastellaniYon 2012

  4. 1884
    Posthumous Rome sale of Castellani's collection. A special Lyon credit bought a lot, entering the Lyon museum on 31 March 1884, and Berlin lists 'Slg. Castellani' of 1884 among its sources of Cypriot antiquities (identification with Alessandro probable, not stated).

    RomeAlessandro CastellaniYon 2012Recke 2012

People

1 person

Staff and members · 1

Sources

  1. 1.“Alessandro Castellani”. Wikipedia. Online
  2. 2.Veronica Tatton-Brown (ed.) (2001). Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction. Oxford, Oxbow.
  3. 3.Marguerite Yon (2012). “Les antiquités chypriotes du musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42, 181-. Online
  4. 4.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.