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Kunsthandel Mieke Zilverberg

Amsterdam, Netherlands · founded 1990

Amsterdam gallery of antiquities and ancient coins founded in 1990 by Mieke Zilverberg, dealing in material of c. 3000 BC to 500 AD from Egypt, Western Asia, Greece, Italy and Rome.

About

Mieke Zilverberg opened her Amsterdam gallery of antiquities and ancient coins in 1990, according to the dealers' association member page and to MasterArt1,2. It deals in material from Egypt, Western Asia, Greece, South Italy, Etruria and Rome, dating from about 3000 BC to 500 AD1,2. The gallery's own categories add glass, lamps and jewelry4.

Zilverberg took an MA in Classical Archaeology at Amsterdam, graduating in 1976, and has specialised in antiquities since then1. She is a board member and former chairman of the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art, belongs to VHOK and CINOA, and exhibits at TEFAF Maastricht and PAN Amsterdam1.

The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden records purchases from "kunsthandel M. Zilverberg": in 1991 an antefix (K 1991/3.1) and a funerary cone (F 1991/10.2), in 1995 a statuette of Hercules (K 1995/3.1)5,6. The gallery's website announces a move to a new address in Amsterdam from 1 January 20264.

The Cypriot collection

No Cypriot stock found: the gallery's categories are Egypt, Greece, South Italy and Sicily, Etruria, Rome, glass, lamps and jewelry; site search for Cyprus returned nothing relevant (2026)

Mieke Zilverberg, gallery website… 2026

History

  1. 1990
    Mieke Zilverberg opened her own gallery of Mediterranean antiquities (3000 BC to 500 AD) and ancient coins in Amsterdam

    AmsterdamKunsthandel Mieke Zilverberg, IADAA… 2026Mieke Zilverberg (Dutch Wikipedia) 2026

  2. 1991
    Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, bought an Etruscan antefix (K 1991/3.1) and a Theban funerary cone of Montemhat (F 1991/10.2) from her; not Cypriot

    AmsterdamAntefix, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden… 2026

  3. 1995
    Rijksmuseum van Oudheden bought a bronze statuette of Hercules (K 1995/3.1) from the gallery; not Cypriot

    AmsterdamStatuette of Hercules, Rijksmuseum… 2026

  4. 1 January 2026
    According to the gallery's site, it relocated to Johannes Verhulststraat 216, Amsterdam (earlier address Frans van Mierisstraat 67 B), which resolves the address difference between sources

    AmsterdamMieke Zilverberg, gallery website… 2026Kunsthandel Mieke Zilverberg, MasterArt 2026

People

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Sources

  1. 1. (2026). “Kunsthandel Mieke Zilverberg, IADAA member page”. Online
  2. 2. (2026). “Kunsthandel Mieke Zilverberg, MasterArt”. Online
  3. 3. (2026). “Mieke Zilverberg (Dutch Wikipedia)”. Online
  4. 4. (2026). “Mieke Zilverberg, gallery website (home page and search "cyprus")”. Online
  5. 5. (2026). “Antefix, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden K 1991/3.1”. Online
  6. 6. (2026). “Statuette of Hercules, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden K 1995/3.1”. Online