Museum

Museum Kunstpalast

Düsseldorf, Germany

Museum in Düsseldorf. 1 person in the register connected with it.

The Cypriot collection

22 Cypriot gold ornaments, the remnant of a group of over 200 collected by Frauberger in 1890; most were stolen in a burglary in 1916 (2012)

Recke 2012, p. 108

History

  1. 1890
    Director Heinrich Frauberger acquired over 200 Cypriot gold objects on a journey to the Orient, probably through Ohnefalsch-Richter.

    CyprusHeinrich Johann FraubergerMax Ohnefalsch-RichterRecke 2012, p. 94Recke 2012, p. 108

  2. 1893
    Frauberger published a selection in 'Nachtrag II' of Ohnefalsch-Richter's Kypros, die Bibel und Homer (Berlin 1893), pp. 346-348, plate 217.

    Heinrich Johann FraubergerRecke 2012, p. 108Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893

  3. 1916
    Most of the gold ornaments were lost in a burglary ('Einbruch 1916'); the museum retains unpublished black-and-white photographs of the whole group and 22 pieces.

    DüsseldorfRecke 2012, p. 108

People

1 person

Objects

Sources

  1. 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
  2. 2.Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1893). Kypros, the Bible and Homer. London, Asher & Co.. Online
  3. 3.“Heinrich Frauberger”. Wikipedia (de). Online