Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The 1972 catalogue illustrates 'the best works' of its Cypriot holdings; most items came from the Cesnola purchase of 1872 (vases 72.1-133, terracottas 72.134-203, sculpture and bronzes under 72.x). (1972)

Vermeule 1972Masson 1996

1. 1870
   Museum established, first on the top floor of the Boston Athenaeum (tertiary source).

   Museum of Fine Arts,…

2. 1871–1872
   Cesnola was in contact with the museum by 1871-72 at the latest.

   Luigi Palma di CesnolaMasson 1996

3. 15 May 1872
   Most of the Cypriot objects were purchased by subscription from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola; the 1972 catalogue calls this the first major acquisition of the newly constituted museum and among the first Cypriot antiquities in a major Western Hemisphere institution. Registered with the 72 prefix (vases 72.1-133, terracottas 72.134-203 and so on).

   Luigi Palma di CesnolaVermeule 1972Masson 1996

4. 1886
   Gift from the Egypt Exploration Fund of finds from excavations principally at Naukratis (Cypriot items included in the collection).

   Vermeule 1972

5. 1888
   Second gift from the Egypt Exploration Fund, as above.

   Vermeule 1972

6. 1958
   Cornelius C. Vermeule III joins as curator of Classical Art.

   Cornelius C. Vermeule IIIVermeule 1972

7. 1971–1973
   Harvard University-MFA Archaeological Mission, directed by Emily Vermeule (with Cornelius Vermeule), excavates the Late Bronze Age mound of Toumba tou Skourou north of Morphou under the Department of Antiquities; third season reported for 1972. Season 1971 is the first.

   MorphouEmily T. VermeuleCornelius C. Vermeule IIIF. Z. WolskyNicolaou 1976Karageorghis 1973Nicolaou 1975

8. 1972
   Art of Ancient Cyprus published, a collective work of the Department of Classical Art, to coincide with a centenary exhibition of the Cesnola purchase; dedicated to the Department of Antiquities and Cyprus Museum; underwritten by Dr and Mrs Ernest Kahn.

   Cornelius C. Vermeule IIIErnest KahnVermeule 1972, p. 8

9. 1990
   Final publication of Toumba tou Skourou by E. Vermeule and F. Wolsky (Harvard University-MFA Cyprus Expedition).

   Emily T. VermeuleF. Z. WolskyVermeule & Wolsky 1990

10. 1997–1998
    Pamela Russell, then Assistant Curator of Classical Antiquities, co-curated the Ringling Museum's Cypriot exhibition and inventoried its Cypriot collection.

    Pamela RussellKarageorghis 2001

• Small amphora with string-hole projections, Red Polished III Ware

  72.28from Alambravia Luigi Palma di Cesnola1872Vermeule 1972, no. 2

• Ram-shaped vase, White Painted V Ware, MC III

  72.132via Luigi Palma di Cesnola1872Vermeule 1972, no. 6

• Tankard, White Slip I Ware, LC I

  72.86via Luigi Palma di Cesnola1872Vermeule 1972, no. 7

• Musician playing double flutes, Archaic limestone half-figure

  72.317via Luigi Palma di Cesnola1872Vermeule 1972, no. 36

• Priest or votary head with wreath, Archaic-Classical

  72.326via Luigi Palma di Cesnola1872Vermeule 1972, no. 40

• Stirrup jar, Proto-White Painted, LC III

  16.190Vermeule 1972, no. 13

• Barrel-shaped jug, Bichrome I Ware (Gift of Horace L. Mayer)

  57.751Vermeule 1972, no. 17

• Jar with loop-legs, Bichrome IV Ware (H. L. Pierce Fund)

  01.8047Vermeule 1972, no. 21

• Silver stater of Baalmelek II of Kition and Idalion (H. L. Pierce Fund; from the E. P. Warren collection)

  04.1154via Edward Perry WarrenVermeule 1972, no. 51

• Jugs and JugletsCompendium
• Bichrome IV Handle-Ridge Juglet with Rows of Concentric CirclesObject
• Black-on-Red Two-Handled Bowl with Raised Flaring RimObject
• Handmade Horse and Rider with a High Painted CrestObject