Museum

Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke

Roanoke, United States

Museum in Roanoke. 1 person in the register connected with it.

The Cypriot collection

five Cesnola 'Temple boy' statuettes, as Masson reports (1996)

Masson 1996, p. 15

History

c. 1928
Five Temple boy statuettes from the Metropolitan Museum's 1928 Cesnola duplicate sale reached Roanoke through the buyer F. W. Collins, first to the public library, then to the Museum of Fine Arts.
F. W. Collins Masson 1996, p. 15 Marangou 2000

People

1 person

Staff and members · 1

F. W. Collinsdonor (from c. 1928) · his Cesnola pieces went first to the public library, then to this museumMasson 1996, p. 15 Marangou 20001928

Objects

Five Temple boy statuettes (ex-Cesnola)
via F. W. Collinsc. 1928Masson 1996, p. 15

Sources

1.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online
2.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.