Museum
Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica
Rome, Italy
Museum in Rome. 2 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 1891Froehner's journal for 7 September 1891 says he offered Baron Barracco two small antique heads, one from Mycenae and a 'tete de Pallas' from Cyprus. Hellmann notes the Pietrangeli catalogue (1973) lists no Cypriot 'Pallas': two heads are 'dono Froehner' (nos. 72 and 46, a 'testina micenea' and a small head related to Tello sculptures), so either confusion or resale.
- 1893Froehner's journal for 15 June 1893: at the Bammeville sale he bought a Cypriot head for Barracco. Hellmann identifies it with a Cypriot limestone head of a crowned priest(?), 6th-5th c. BC, Pietrangeli catalogue no. 67 (a tentative link, with Csornay 2000, p. 69).
ParisWilhelm FroehnerBaron BarraccoHellmann 1991, n. 36Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 69
People
2 peopleStaff and members · 1
- Baron Barraccofounder · his collection became the museumHellmann 1991
Donors and lenders · 1
- Wilhelm Froehnerdonor (1891–1893)Hellmann 1991
Objects
Cypriot limestone head of a crowned priest(?), 6th-5th c. BC
Pietrangeli 1973 catalogue no. 67via Wilhelm Froehner1893Hellmann 1991, n. 36
Sources
- 1.Marie-Christine Hellmann (1991). “W. Froehner et Chypre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 16, 17-28. Online
- 2.Boldizsár Csornay-Caprez (2000). Cypriote Antiquities. Rome, L'Erma di Bretschneider.