Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Collector

Carl Anton Milani

1820–1882 · Germany

Merchant, Frankfurt. Bought from Luigi Palma di Cesnola.

Life and work

  1. 1870–1882
    Bought several limestone heads and terracottas from the Cesnola collection (after Cesnola began dispersing it from 1870).

    FrankfurtRecke 2012

  2. 1883
    Cypriot pieces from the Milani collection (Slg. Milani, earlier Col. Cesnola) entered the Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt.

    FrankfurtRecke 2012

Connections

1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Objects

  • Several limestone heads and terracottas, now core of the Frankfurt Cypriot collection

    Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt1883Recke 2012

Sources

  1. 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.