Dealers
Palladion Antike Kunst
Basel, Switzerland
Basel ancient-art gallery of the 1970s and 1980s that issued a catalogue in 1976 and sold to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1979 and the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1983.
About
Palladion Antike Kunst was an ancient-art dealer in Basel, recorded as trading between 1976 and 1983. Its catalogue, Palladion Antike Kunst: Katalog 1976, is cited in scholarship for Greek vases and an Anatolian statuette3.
On 14 February 1979 the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston bought an object from the firm, according to the museum's published provenance1. In 1983 the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired from it a bust of a pugilist2.
The Cypriot collection
no Cypriot object identified; the firm's 1976 catalogue was not examined for Cypriot lots (2026)
History
- 1976Published Palladion Antike Kunst: Katalog 1976, cited for Greek vases and an Anatolian statuette
BaselBoston MFA Greek vase… 2026Palladion Antike Kunst: Katalog… 2026
- 14 February 1979Sold an object to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (the museum's provenance gives the firm's address as Rennweg 51, Basel)
- 1983Sold the Bust of a Pugilist to the J. Paul Getty Museum
Sources
- 1. (2026). “Boston MFA Greek vase provenance study: Palladion Antike Kunst, Rennweg 51, 4052 Basel; MFA purchase 14 Feb 1979”.
- 2. (2026). “Bust of a Pugilist and detached fragments (Getty Museum, provenance)”. J. Paul Getty Museum. Online
- 3. (2026). “Palladion Antike Kunst: Katalog 1976 (Google Books)”. Google Books. Online