Museum

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Vienna, Austria

Museum in Vienna. 3 people in the register connected with it.

The Cypriot collection

At least 80 Cypriot objects reached the MAK in the 1870s-1890; the KHM catalogue lists 17 vases (1881), part of Ludolf's 46 objects (1873-1883) and five Ohnefalsch-Richter finds (1890). Those now in the KHM Antikensammlung are catalogued there. (1999)

Bernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 43 Bernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 44

History

1873
Bought Cypriot objects from Emanuel Graf Ludolf, including a limestone head (KHM I 1607, 'Jüngling mit Blattkranz'). The catalogue gives Ludolf's total for 1873-1883 as 46 objects, split between MAK purchase and a gift to the Imperial Antiquities Collection.
Emanuel Graf von Ludolf Bernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 43 Bernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, cat. 83, p. 179 Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, online…
1881
Bought 17 Cypriot vases (cat. 15, 21 named) from the collection of the diplomat Ludwig Przibram von Gladona.
Ludwig Przibram von Gladona Bernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 43 Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, online…
1890
Received five finds from Max Ohnefalsch-Richter on his journey back to Germany via Vienna (cat. 12, 40, 96, 99; online records include I 1611 'Hund und Hase', I 1610 'Lagernder Mann', IV 3847).
Max Ohnefalsch-Richter Bernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 44 Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, online…

People

3 people

Sellers and consignors · 3

Emanuel Graf von Ludolfseller (1873–1873) · sold objectsBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 431873
Ludwig Przibram von Gladonaseller (1881–1881) · sold objectsBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 431881
Max Ohnefalsch-Richterseller (1890–1890) · sold objectsBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 441890

Objects

Limestone head of a youth with leaf wreath ('Jüngling mit Blattkranz')
KHM Antikensammlung I 1607via Emanuel Graf von Ludolf1873Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, online…
Vase in the form of a bird
KHM Antikensammlung IV 3867via Ludwig Przibram von Gladona1881Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, online…
Reclining man figure ('Lagernder Mann')
KHM Antikensammlung I 1610via Max Ohnefalsch-Richter1890Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, online…

Sources

1.A. Bernhard-Walcher, G. Dembski, K. Gschwantler, V. Karageorghis (1999). Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im Kunsthistorischen Museum / The Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.
2.“Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, online collection, Antikensammlung”. Kunsthistorisches Museum.