Museum
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
Museum in Toledo. 3 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
about 56 Cypriot objects arrived in 1916 and further pieces in 1928; about fifty Cypriot antiquities were sold in 2016-2017 (2017)
History
- 1928Further Cypriot pieces arrived, again from the Met selling duplicates.
- 2016–2017Sold the Cesnola/Met pieces: Christie's sale 14572 (2016) and Berk 2017 (lots 61-66 include lamps); fifty Cypriot antiquities in 2017. Alexander Malios later bought from this material.
Alexander MaliosChristie's, sale 14572 (Toledo… 2016Lightfoot, p. 25 n. 50Gatzsche 2023, p. 3
People
3 peopleStaff and members · 1
- Otto Wittmann Jr.curator (1938–1978) · curatorChristie's, sale 15792, lot… 20181938
Donors and lenders · 1
- Edward Drummond Libbeydonor (1916–1916) · donor of antiquities (founder-patron status not checked) · gave objectsChristie's, sale 14572 (Toledo… 20161912–1916
Buyers · 1
- Alexander Maliosbuyer (2016–2017) · bought hereGatzsche 2023, p. 32016–2017
Objects
Ex-Cesnola Cypriot pottery
1916.89; 1916.120via Edward Drummond Libbey1916Christie's, sale 14572 (Toledo… 2016
Mycenaean painted stirrup jar
1916.115via Edward Drummond Libbey1916Christie's, sale 14572 (Toledo… 2016
Mycenaean painted piriform jar
1916.114via Edward Drummond Libbey1916Christie's, sale 14572 (Toledo… 2016
On Ancient Cyprus
4 pagesSources
- 1.Alexander Gatzsche (2023). “From Cyprus to Leipzig: Provenance Research”. Alexander Malios Collection, Volume 1: Cypriot Antiquities, 20-31. Leipzig, AMRICHA.
- 2.Christopher S. Lightfoot. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil Lamps. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 3.C. S. Lightfoot (2017). The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 4. (2016). Christie's, sale 14572 (Toledo Museum of Art deaccession), lots 24, 25, 28, 30. Christie's.
- 5. (2018). Christie's, sale 15792, lot 43, A Cypriot limestone head of a male votary. Christie's. Online