Auction house
Delestre & Hoffmann
Paris, France
Auction house in Paris. 3 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 27 May 1887 – 28 May 1887Sale at the Hôtel Drouot (sale no. 4) of the 'Catalogue des objets antiques trouvés à Arsinoé de Chypre' (sculptures, Cypriot inscriptions, Phoenician pottery, terracottas, jewellery), catalogue by Delestre and Hoffmann.
ParisMaurice DelestreHenri HoffmannChilds et al. 2012, p. 164
- 21 March 1890 – 22 March 1890Sale of antiquities including an 'envoi de Chypre' of about a thousand pieces (40 catalogue numbers, pp. 4-8 of a 38-page catalogue by Wilhelm Froehner); the Louvre bought a lot, less than 5% of the total per Hermary.
ParisHenri HoffmannMaurice DelestreWilhelm FroehnerHermary 1994, pp. 2-3
People
3 peopleStaff and members · 3
- Henri Hoffmannpartner (1876–1890) · partner/expertHermary 1994, pp. 2-31876
- Maurice Delestrepartner (1876–1890)Hermary 1994, pp. 2-3
- Wilhelm Froehnerspecialist (1890–1890)Hermary 1994, pp. 2-3
Sources
- 1.Antoine Hermary (1994). “Un lot d'antiquités chypriotes du Louvre : la vente Hoffmann de mars 1890”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 21. Online
- 2.W. A. P. Childs (ed.), J. S. Smith (ed.), J. M. Padgett (ed.) (2012). City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum.
- 3.M. Delestre, M. Hoffmann (1887). Catalogue des objets antiques trouvés à Arsinoé de Chypre, sculptures, inscriptions chypriotes, poterie phénicienne, terres cuites & bijoux. Paris.