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Charles Alfred Danicourt

fl. 1887–1908 · France

French collector, active 1887–1908.

Life and work

  1. 1887
    Bequeathed 2 objects (among them 'Hercule en léonté', inv. F.94) (1887); now in musée Danicourt, Péronne.

    Joconde, Ministère de la Culture (POP), notice for musée Danicourt (Péronne), 'Hercule en léonté', inv. F.94; F.48

  2. Undated
    His collection, now in the museum at Péronne, holds a chalcedony gem published among Cypriot seals, a quartz scarab and an intaglio inscribed in Cypriot syllabic characters.

    Daremberg, Mm. Ch.; Saglio, Edm.; Pottier, Mm. Edmond, Dictionnaire des Antiquites Grecques et Romaines d’Apres les Textes et les Monuments, Vol. II- Deuxieme partie (F-G) (1896)

  3. Undated
    Owned a chalcedony gem with Cypriot-style imagery, now in the musée de Péronne, per the passage.

    Daremberg, Charles, 1817-1872, Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines d'après les textes et les monuments... (1896)

  4. Undated
    Danicourt collection in Péronne, holding mottled quartz scarab 32/X16.

    John Boardman, Classical Phoenician Scarabs: A catalogue and study (2003), p. 104

  5. Undated
    Owned intaglio in the Danicourt Collection with Cypriote inscription

    Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems Formed by James, Ninth Earl of ... (1908)

  6. Undated
    Owned intaglio in the Danicourt Collection (comparison scarab with Cypriote inscription)

    Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, ninth earl of Southesk, K.T. (1908)

  7. Undated
    Owned 2 objects (among them 'Hercule en léonté', inv. F.94); now in musée Danicourt, Péronne.

    Joconde, Ministère de la Culture (POP), notice for musée Danicourt (Péronne), 'Hercule en léonté', inv. F.94; F.48

Mentioned in

1 mention

Sources

  1. 1.Daremberg, Mm. Ch.; Saglio, Edm.; Pottier, Mm. Edmond, Dictionnaire des Antiquites Grecques et Romaines d’Apres les Textes et les Monuments, Vol. II- Deuxieme partie (F-G) (1896).
  2. 2.Daremberg, Charles, 1817-1872, Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines d'après les textes et les monuments... (1896).
  3. 3.John Boardman, Classical Phoenician Scarabs: A catalogue and study (2003).
  4. 4.Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems Formed by James, Ninth Earl of ... (1908).
  5. 5.Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, ninth earl of Southesk, K.T. (1908).
  6. 6.Joconde, Ministère de la Culture (POP), notice for musée Danicourt (Péronne), 'Hercule en léonté'. Online

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