Government department
Ministère de la Maison de l'Empereur et des Beaux-Arts
Paris, France
Government department in Paris. 2 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 11 March 1865Nieuwerkerke's letter charged Edmond Duthoit to go to Assos, survey it, then to Cyprus to complete the collection 'selon les indications de M. de Longperier'; pay 1,000 francs a month, 10,000 in all. Waddington had recommended him and Longperier supported the request (19 Nov 1864).
ParisEdmond DuthoitAlfred Émilien, comte de NieuwerkerkeAdrien de LongpérierFoucart-Borville 1985, pp. 37-38
- 1865Duthoit's Cyprus mission: moulds of vase handles, inscriptions, a new statue deposit at Athienou (500-600 heads); the great vase left on La Perdrix on 30 Oct 1865 and is in the Louvre as AO 22897.
AthienouEdmond DuthoitFoucart-Borville 1985, pp. 41-49Louvre n.d.
People
2 peopleStaff and members · 2
- Edmond Duthoitother (March–December 1865) · commissioned for the 1865 Assos and Cyprus missionFoucart-Borville 1985, pp. 37-381865
- Alfred Émilien, comte de Nieuwerkerkeofficial (1863–1869)Foucart-Borville 1985, pp. 37-38
Sources
- 1.Jacques Foucart-Borville (1985). “La correspondance chypriote d'Edmond Duthoit (1862 et 1865)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 4, 3-60. Online
- 2.Musee du Louvre (n.d.). Record AO 22897 (the Amathus vase).