Museum
Musée d'Orléans
Orléans, France
Museum in Orléans. 4 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 1879Desnoyers abandoned his forty-year collection of about 4500 objects to the museum, of which he became director.
- 1882The museum's 1882 catalogue listed a collection of objects from Cesnola's Cyprus excavations, including gold jewellery.
Acquisitions and dealings
2 recordsGifts, purchases, bequests and loans
- 1879Gift
François Desnoyers gave his accumulated collections to the museum in 1879.
collections amassées pendant quarante années (soit 4500 objets)OrléansDecaudin 1984, p. 25
People’s work with it
- 1879
François Edmond DesnoyersEmployed by
François Desnoyers became director of the museum in 1879.
OrléansDecaudin 1984, p. 25
People
4 peopleDonors and lenders · 3
- Luigi Palma di Cesnolagave objects1867–1884
- François Lenormantgave objects1874–1876
- François Edmond Desnoyersdirector (1881–1884) · gave objects · published material of · worked for itGazette des beaux-arts (1859) 18591879–1884
Others connected · 1
Objects
Gold jewellery from Cesnola's Cyprus excavations, later reduced to 25 Cypriot gold jewels.
from Cyprus1879Antoinette J. Decaudin (1984). Le mauvais oeil, une superstition perdurable. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 2, p. 2
Mentioned in
2 mentionsDocuments · 1
- Le mauvais oeil, une superstition perdurable
Gift, employed · 1879 · p. 25
François Desnoyers gave his accumulated collections to the museum in 1879.
Decaudin 1984
- People · 1listed under People
Sources
- 1. (1859). Gazette des beaux-arts (1859).
- 2. (1984). Antoinette J. Decaudin, Le mauvais oeil, une superstition perdurable (1984), p. 26.
- 3. (1921). American Journal of Archaeology 1921: Vol 25 (1921).
- 4. (1918). Revue archéologique (1918).
- 5.Antoinette J. Decaudin (1984). “Le mauvais oeil, une superstition perdurable”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 2.
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