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)
History
- 1890Director 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
- 1893Frauberger 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
- 1916Most of the gold ornaments were lost in a burglary ('Einbruch 1916'); the museum retains unpublished black-and-white photographs of the whole group and 22 pieces.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 personStaff and members · 1
- Heinrich Johann Fraubergerfounder (from 1882)Heinrich FraubergerRecke 2012, p. 94
Objects
Cypriot gold jewellery, 22 pieces remaining of over 200
via Heinrich Johann Frauberger1890Recke 2012, p. 108Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893
Sources
- 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
- 2.Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1893). Kypros, the Bible and Homer. London, Asher & Co.. Online
- 3.“Heinrich Frauberger”. Wikipedia (de). Online