Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève

A considerable Cypriot collection, mostly from Louis Castan; 249 pieces selected for the 2004 catalogue (141 ceramics, 100 of them Bronze Age and previously unpublished; terracottas nos. 142-194; stone sculpture 195-215; Kenna seals 226-241) (2004)

Hermary 2005

1. 1877–1897
   Castan's collection of vases, terracottas and sculpture is sold to the Musée Académique in instalments; after his death his widow Andromaque completes the transactions. Mostly from the areas of Amathus and Kourion. Castan said he had much of it from Cesnola.

   GenevaLouis CastanAndromaque CastanLuigi Palma di CesnolaHermary 2005Masson 1996

2. 1884
   Terracotta Ionian kore (cat. 179), from Gosse, 'possibly from Paphos'.

   GenevaGosseHermary 2005

3. 1907
   G. Nicole writes that several hundred vases and terracottas entered the museum via Castan-Bey, who claimed to hold them from Cesnola; the promised description was never published.

   GenevaGeorges NicoleLouis CastanMasson 1996

4. 1910
   The Musée Académique becomes the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire.

   GenevaHermary 2005

5. 1923
   Heads cat. 197 (crowned youth, early 5th c. BC) and 202 (large veiled head, said to be from Sidon) bought from Dufour; Hermary suggests no. 197 may come from the Amrit sanctuary, the date matching the second looting of its favissa.

   GenevaDufourHermary 2005

6. 1959
   Large bearded crowned head (cat. 199, third quarter of the 5th c. BC) acquired; Hermary attributes it to the workshop of a Louvre head from the Cesnola collection.

   GenevaHermary 2005

7. 1990–2004
   Chamay and Maier catalogue the stone sculpture (including Apollo Hylates sculptures, 1991).

   GenevaJacques ChamayJ.-L. MaierHermary 2005

8. 2004
   Ancient Cypriote Art in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, by Karageorghis with Chamay, Chrzanovski, Decrouez and Zimmermann, 150 pp., financed by the Costakis and Leto Severis Foundation (not Leventis) because of Demosthenis Severis's links with Geneva.

   GenevaVassos KarageorghisJacques ChamayL. ChrzanovskiD. DecrouezJ.-L. ZimmermannDemosthenis C. SeverisHermary 2005

• Base Ring I rhyton with snakes and bull-head mouth (cat. 92), 'possibly from Amathus' (region)

  cat. 92 (Karageorghis et al. 2004)from Amathus regionvia Louis CastanHermary 2005

• LC IIIA plastic vase in the form of a woman (cat. 145), 'possibly from Idalion'

  cat. 145from Idalionvia Louis CastanHermary 2005

• Crowned head of a young man, limestone, early 5th c. BC

  cat. 197from possibly Amritvia Dufour1923Hermary 2005

• Large veiled head, said to be from Sidon

  cat. 202from Sidon (said)via Dufour1923Hermary 2005

• Ionian kore, terracotta

  cat. 179from possibly Paphosvia Gosse1884Hermary 2005

• Marble child sculptures from the sanctuary of Apollo Hylates, Kourion

  cat. 206-208from KourionHermary 2005

• Rev. V. E. G. Kenna seal collection (cubic seal 230, scaraboid 238 with Eros and lyre)

  cat. 226-241via V. E. G. KennaHermary 2005