Museum
Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek München
Munich, Germany
Museum in Munich. 8 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
Recke's 2012 German survey lists the holding as sculpture, Early Cypriot to Cypro-Archaic pottery and terracottas, with war losses; no total is given in the entry (2012)
History
- 1872Acquires 31 vases from the Cesnola collection (Recke's provenance list).
- 1875Four Cypriot vases bought in Paris through Hofmann.
- March 1876Curator Heinrich Brunn draws up an inventory of about 90 vases labelled 'Cypern, Sammlung Cesnola' (inv. 2029-2120); Masson notes that no. 2121 (also 8068) is expressly an 1876 purchase in Paris. Cesnola's own list (via J. T. Johnston) names the 'Royal Museum at Munich' among institutions given specimens free.
Heinrich BrunnLuigi Palma di CesnolaMasson 1996Cesnola 1878, p. 548
- 1904Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing gives four vases from Enkomi.
- 1906Gift from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, of 28 terracottas.
- 1911Takes over nine Cypriot vessels from the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum.
- 1929F. Buschor gives one Cypriot vase.
- 1968Exhibition 'Schätze aus Zypern' in Munich (cited by Recke as the exhibition catalogue).
People
8 peopleStaff and members · 4
- Hofmannother (1875–1875) · acted for itRecke 2012, p. 1121875
- Heinrich Brunncurator (1876–1876) · conservateur (curator)Masson 19961876
- Dodwell (forename not given)otherRecke 2012, p. 112
- Paul Julius ArndtotherRecke 2012, p. 112
Donors and lenders · 4
- Luigi Palma di Cesnolaseller (1872–1872) · gave objects · sold objectsRecke 2012, p. 1121871–1876
- Ludwig Curtiusdonor · assistant, from 1901 · gave objectsRecke 2012, p. 1121901
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissingdonor (1904–1904) · gave objectsRecke 2012, p. 1121904
- F. Buschordonor (1929–1929) · donor of one Cypriot vase · gave objectsRecke 2012, p. 1121929
Sources
- 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
- 2.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online
- 3.L. P. di Cesnola (1878). Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples.