Museum
Museo di Antichità di Torino
Turin, Italy
Museum in Turin. 6 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
Over 1,000 Cypriot items from the Neolithic to the 7th century AD (pottery, terracotta and stone statuettes, lamps, jewellery, coins, a rich glass series), formed from four donations 1847-2005 (2021)
History
- March 1847Marcello Cerruti, Sardinian consul at Larnaca, donated a collection of Cypriot antiquities to the Museo di Antichità of the Royal University of Turin; the first Cypriot collection to enter the museum.
TurinMarcello CerrutiMerrillees 2016Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 23Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations.… 2021, p. 15
- 1866The Lavy numismatic collection (donated by Filippo Lavy in 1836, held by the Academy of Sciences) was transferred to the Museum of Antiquities; it includes two Cypriot coins (inv. 26733, 26737) that predate the donations above.
- June 1870After the Golgoi finds, a lot of antiquities from Luigi Palma di Cesnola arrived in Turin, given to the Academy of Sciences and passed on to the Museum of Antiquities. Published by Lo Porto 1986.
TurinLuigi Palma di CesnolaMasson 1996Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 23
- 1877Alessandro Palma di Cesnola gave a smaller collection to the Società Piemontese di Archeologia e Belle Arti, later passed to the Museum and incorporated in its Cypriot collection.
TurinAlessandro (Alexander) Palma di CesnolaMasson 1996Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 23
- 1986F. G. Lo Porto published La collezione cipriota del Museo di Antichità di Torino (Archaeologica 64, Rome).
F. G. Lo PortoBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 240Masson 1996
- 29 November 2005Arturo Palma di Cesnola's donation of 357 objects from his grandfather Alessandro's collection (111 glass, 87 ceramic, 23 lamps, plus coroplastic art, jewels, coins, obsidian tools) was formalised (Superintendence Rep. 828).
TurinArturo Palma di CesnolaCyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 31
- 2006Arturo Palma di Cesnola also gave nine lead seals bought by Alessandro.
Arturo Palma di CesnolaCyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 176
- 2021Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations, an exhibition and catalogue on the Turin Cypriot collections and Turin-led fieldwork, with chapters by Bombardieri and Panero on collection history.
TurinLuca BombardieriElisa PaneroCyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 23
People
6 peopleStaff and members · 1
- F. G. Lo Portoother (1986–1986) · author of the catalogue of its Cypriot collectionBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 2401986
Donors and lenders · 5
- Filippo Lavydonor (1836–1836)Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 231836
- Marcello Cerrutidonor (1847–1847) · gave objectsMerrillees 20161847
- Arturo Palma di Cesnoladonor (2005–2006) · gave objectsCyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 312005–2006
- Alessandro (Alexander) Palma di Cesnoladonor (1877–1877)Masson 1996
- Luigi Palma di Cesnoladonor (1870–1870) · gave objectsMasson 1996
Objects
Three-handled jar of unknown provenance (Aegean-type pottery), Alessandro di Cesnola Collection
89278via Alessandro (Alexander) Palma di CesnolaGraziadio, p. 2, p. 39
Terracotta female head, 200-150 BC
89102via Arturo Palma di Cesnola2005Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 31
Base Ring ware female figurine, c.1430-1200 BC
89274via Arturo Palma di Cesnola2005Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 219
Bull's head gold earring, 4th-3rd c. BC
89396via Arturo Palma di Cesnola2005Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations 2021, p. 234
Statuette from Idalion, Turin (cited as parallel by KHM Vienna catalogue)
from IdalionBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999
Sources
- 1.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2016). “Studies on the provenances of the stele of Sargon II from Larnaca (Kition) and the two so-called Dhali (Idalion) silver bowls in the Louvre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 46, 349-386. Online
- 2.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online
- 3. (2021). Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations.
- 4. (2021). Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations. Guide to the Exhibition.
- 5.F. G. Lo Porto (1986). La collezione cipriota del Museo di Antichità di Torino. Rome, Giorgio Bretschneider Editore.
- 6.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.
- 7.Giampaolo Graziadio. The Earliest Production of Aegean-Type Pottery in Cyprus.