Consul / diplomat · Collector · Numismatist
Anton Prokesch von Osten
1795–1876 · Austria
Austrian diplomat and collector.
Life and work
- February 1870Colonna-Ceccaldi reports that rare coins are scarce, dear and 'accaparées' by the baron de Prokesch and by the French ambassador
ConstantinopleMasson 1990
- 1893Terracotta V 1652 (Cyprus, no findspot) acquired by the Antikensammlung, Vienna, from the Prokesch-Osten collection
- 1936Limestone statue I 1548 (H. 81 cm), formerly Prokesch-Osten collection, bought by the Antikensammlung from Leopold Popper von Podhragy
Connections
2 peopleColleagues & contacts
- Connected with Dominique Albert Edouard Tiburce Colonna-Ceccaldi1870
- Connected with Leopold Popper von Podhragy1936
Objects
Terracotta, Cyprus, no further findspot
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Antikensammlung) V 16521893Bernhard-Walcher et al. 1999
Limestone statue, H. 81 cm, Cyprus, no further findspot
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Antikensammlung) I 15481936Bernhard-Walcher et al. 1999
Sources
- 1.O. Masson (1990). “Correspondances chypriotes: lettres des frères Colonna-Ceccaldi et de L. Palma di Cesnola à W. Froehner”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 14, 29-44. Online
- 2.A. Bernhard-Walcher, G. Dembski, K. Gschwantler, V. Karageorghis (1999). Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im Kunsthistorischen Museum / The Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.