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Alessandro Cesnola

fl. 1911 · Italy

Italian heir and collector, active in 1911. Bought from Robert Hamilton Lang.

Life and work

  1. 1911

    1. Nephew of Luigi Palma di Cesnola, living in Florence in 1911, described as heir to the family's Cypriot antiquities and holding antiquities of his father.

      Bates-Batcheller, Tryphosa, 1876-1952, Italian castles and country seats (1911)

    2. Friend of the letter writers; nephew of Luigi Palma di Cesnola and descendant of the Cesnola family, mentioned in a travel letter from Florence and Turin in 1911 as connected to the Cyprus collection's history.

      Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates, 1878-, Italian castles and country seats (1911)

  2. Undated

    n.d.

    1. Nephew-friend of the travellers; described as heir of his uncle's Cyprus collection given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

      Bates-Batcheller, Tryphosa, 1876-1952, Italian castles and country seats (1911)

    2. Friend of the writer, nephew of Luigi Palma di Cesnola; the passage says he is heir to the Cesnola Cyprus collection's family connection and expects to show her his father's antiquities in Florence.

      Bates-Batcheller, Tryphosa, 1876-1952, Italian castles and country seats (1911)

Through their hands

2 records
  1. n.d.

    PurchaseA large number of the Pyla figures were acquired from their discoverer, H. Lang, by Cesnola.

    Bought from Robert Hamilton Langfigures from Pyla, seven of which are in his AtlasOhnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 257

  2. n.d.

    CollectionA clay female head from Paphos belonged to the Cesnola collection before entering Berlin.

    female head of clay from PaphosOhnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 398

Connections

2 people

Mentioned in

4 mentions

Documents · 2

Sources

  1. 1.Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1893). Kypros, the Bible and Homer. London, Asher & Co..
  2. 2.Bates-Batcheller, Tryphosa, 1876-1952, Italian castles and country seats (1911).
  3. 3.Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates, 1878-, Italian castles and country seats (1911).
  4. 4.Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, 1893, Kypros, the Bible and Homer.

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