Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge, MA, United States · founded 1895

Museum in Cambridge, MA, founded 1895; part of Harvard University. 19 people in the register connected with it.

History

1870–1874
Cesnola excavated about 700 pieces at the sanctuary of Apollo at Golgoi; Harvard's later-acquired votary head 2017.167 is one of them (Harvard label), later sold by Cesnola to the Met.
GolgoiLuigi Palma di Cesnola Museums
1895
Charles Eliot Norton and Richard Norton gave Cypriot pottery (seven records, 1895.197 etc.) to the Fogg.
Charles Eliot Norton Richard Norton Museums
1912–1920
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton and Margaret Norton gave 15 Cypriot records (1912.11 etc.); the 1920.44 series carries related Norton gift glass.
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton Margaret Norton Museums
1928
The Met's sale of Cesnola duplicates at Anderson Galleries, New York; votary head 2017.167 passed through it to J. (or G.) Bernard.
J. (or G.) Bernard Museums
1949
Walter Baker gave a limestone Bearded Head of a Votary (1949.81).
Walter Baker Museums
1952
Mrs Edward Jackson Holmes gave a Middle Bronze Age spouted jug (1952.12).
Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes Museums
1953
Bought from Petros Kolokasides, Nicosia, an LBA anthropomorphic female figurine (1953.118).
Petros Kolokasides Museums
1958
Oliver Purrington gave two terracotta female heads (1958.113-114).
Oliver Purrington Museums
1966
Stuart Cary Welch Jr. gave about 22 Cypriot vessels (1966.113 ff.), mostly Early Bronze Age Red Polished.
Stuart Cary Welch Jr.Museums
1971
The Harvard Archaeological Expedition to Cyprus under Emily Vermeule began excavation at the Late Bronze Age site of Toumba tou Skourou near Morphou; later worked with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
MorphouEmily T. Vermeule Nicolaou 1976 Vermeule 1972
1971–1972
Fogg conservator Arthur Beale served at the American Expedition to Idalion (resident conservator 1971; trained Diana Buitron, who replaced him 1972). The expedition is described as sponsored by Harvard University.
IdalionArthur Beale Stager et al. 1974 Nicolaou 1976
1977
The Department of the Classics, Harvard University transferred its collection to the Fogg (1977.216 series): includes Henry W. Haynes's 1912 bequest vases and glass sold by the Met from Cesnola's collection.
Henry W. Haynes J. M. Paton Museums Museums
1997
Estate gift of H. Bartlett Wells: bronze coin of Euagoras II of Salamis (1997.260.324).
H. Bartlett Wells Richard Wells Museums
2002
Emmanuel Tiliakos gave 15 mould-made terracotta fragments (2002.227.1-15).
Emmanuel Tiliakos Museums
2002
Bought from Frank L. Kovacs a bronze bowl with Cypriot Syllabic inscription (2002.231), previously in a German private collection by 1991.
Frank L. Kovacs Museums
2004
Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg gave a limestone head (2004.199).
Lilian Hertzberg Benjamin Hertzberg Museums
2017
Bought at Christie's New York, antiquities sale 14355, 25 April 2017, lot 232: the Golgoi votary head 2017.167 (Marian H. Phinney Fund).
Luigi Palma di Cesnola Museums
2023
Thomas C. Welch gave a Red Polished II black-topped bowl with lug (2023.456), with Penha collection provenance.
Thomas C. Welch Museums

People

19 people

Staff and members · 1

Arthur Bealeconservator1971

Donors and lenders · 15

Charles Eliot Nortondonor · gave objects1895
Richard Nortondonor · gave objects1895
Elizabeth Gaskell Nortongave objects1912–1920
Margaret Nortongave objects1912–1920
Walter Bakerdonor · gave objects1949
Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmesgave objects1952
Stuart Cary Welch Jr.curator of Islamic and later Indian art; donor · gave objects1956–1966
Oliver Purringtongave objects1958
David Moore Robinsonbequeathed objects1960
H. Bartlett Wellsbequeathed objects1997
Richard Wellsgave objects1997
Emmanuel Tiliakosgave objects2002
Benjamin Hertzberggave objects2004
Lilian Hertzberggave objects2004
Thomas C. Welchgave objects2023

Sellers and consignors · 3

Luigi Palma di Cesnolasold objects1870–1874
Petros Kolokasidessold objects1953
Frank L. Kovacssold objects2002

Objects

Limestone Head of a Male Votary, Cypro-Archaic, 600-550 BCE
2017.167from Sanctuary of Apollo, Golgoivia Christie's2017Museums
Bronze bowl with Cypriot Syllabic inscription
2002.231via Frank L. Kovacs2002Museums
Anthropomorphic female figurine, LBA terracotta
1953.118via Petros Kolokasides1953Museums
Bearded Head of a Votary, limestone
1949.81from Cyprusvia Walter Baker1949Museums
Limestone head
2004.199via Lilian Hertzberg2004Museums
Black-Topped Red Polished Bowl with Incised Decoration, c. 2000 BCE
1966.115from Cyprusvia Stuart Cary Welch Jr.1966Museums

On Ancient Cyprus

3 pages

What Is My Cypriot Antiquity Worth? Real Auction PricesArticle
Baskets and Basket-Handled VesselsCompendium
Bichrome IV Amphoriskos with Concentric CirclesObject

Sources

1.Harvard Art Museums. “Online collection records (1895.197, 1912.11, 1960.260, 1966.113-131 and others)”. Harvard Art Museums online collection. Online
2.Harvard Art Museums. “Head of a Male Votary, 2017.167”. Online collection. Online
3.Harvard Art Museums. “Bowl with Inscription in Cypriot Syllabic Script, 2002.231”. Online collection.
4.Harvard Art Museums. “Bearded Head of a Votary, 1949.81”. Online collection.
5.Harvard Art Museums. “Spouted Jug, 1952.12”. Online collection.
6.Harvard Art Museums. “Anthropomorphic female figurine, 1953.118”. Online collection.
7.Harvard Art Museums. “Head of a Woman, 1958.113”. Online collection.
8.Harvard Art Museums. “Coin of Euagoras II, 1997.260.324”. Online collection.
9.Harvard Art Museums. “Bowl with Lug, 2023.456”. Online collection.
10.Harvard Art Museums. “Fragment of Mold-made Terracotta Statuette, 2002.227.1-15”. Online collection.
11.Harvard Art Museums. “Head, 2004.199”. Online collection.
12.Harvard Art Museums. “Haynes bequest records 1977.216.2262, .2279”. Online collection.
13.Harvard Art Museums. “Jug, 1977.216.3386.A (ex Cesnola, Met; transfer from Department of the Classics 1977)”. Online collection. Online
14.“Harvard Art Museums”. Wikipedia. Online
15.K. Nicolaou (1976). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1969-76”. Archaeological Reports 22.
16.Cornelius Vermeule (1972). Art of Ancient Cyprus. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
17.L. E. Stager (ed.), A. Walker (ed.), G. E. Wright (ed.) (1974). American Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus: First Preliminary Report, Seasons of 1971 and 1972. American Schools of Oriental Research.