Museum
Skulpturensammlung Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Museum in Dresden; part of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. 5 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
Recke's 2012 German survey lists 1 stone object, 35 ceramic vessels and 10 terracottas (war losses in the Second World War noted); provenance by Ohnefalsch-Richter 1891 and, from 1976, the Curt Luckow collection (2012)
History
- 1891P. Herrmann, 'Erwerbungen der Antikensammlungen in Deutschland, Dresden 1891' (Archäologischer Anzeiger 1894, 23-36), listed as the early publication of the holding.
- 1906Recke notes a purchase of Cypriot pieces from the Cairo art trade 'für Dresden' (1906) as an instance of public art museums buying from Athens, Smyrna and Cairo dealers; the museum within Dresden is not named in that sentence.
CairoRecke 2012, p. 96
- 1910The Stuttgart industrialist Ernst von Sieglin gave several Cypriot vases and terracottas to Dresden.
- 1926After the inflation-era break, the Dresden and Kassel museums enlarged their Cypriot holdings again only in 1926.
- 1976Pieces from the Curt Luckow collection (cf. Neugebauer, Antiken in deutschem Privatbesitz, Berlin 1938) entered the collection.
- 1996–1997K. Knoll, 'Die zyprischen Gefäße der Dresdner Skulpturensammlung', Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, pp. 11-29, the publication of the Cypriot vessels.
People
5 peopleStaff and members · 3
- Curt Luckowseller (1976–1976) · recipient of Luckow collection pieces, 1976Recke 2012, p. 1081976
- Paul Herrmannassistant · Direktorial-Assistent under Dr Treu (as addressed 1910)Masson 1985
- Treudirector · DirectorMasson 1985, p. 24
Donors and lenders · 1
- Ernst von Sieglindonor (1910–1910) · donor · gave objectsRecke 2012, p. 971910
Sellers and consignors · 1
- Max Ohnefalsch-Richterseller (1891–1892) · sold objectsRecke 2012, p. 941891–1892
Sources
- 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
- 2.O. Masson (1985). “Les visites de Max Ohnefalsch-Richter à Kouklia (Ancienne-Paphos), 1890 et 1910”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 3, 19-28. Online