Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Collector

Dehn (Munich collector)

fl. 1908–1942 · Germany

German collector, active 1908–1942. Lived at Munich.

Life and work

  1. 1908
    Dehn is the Munich collector said to have acquired Cypriot vases at the 1908 Helbing estate auction of the Julius Naue collection (the Naue pieces were probably originally from Ohnefalsch-Richter).

    MunichRecke 2012, p. 98Recke 2012, p. 108

  2. 1942
    The University of Erlangen received several Cypriot vases from the Munich collection Dehn. The Erlangen entry lists 1 stone sculpture (Lg aus PB) and 5 ceramics (MC, LC, CA), provenance 'Slg. Dehn, davor KH [art trade] Munich Helbing 1908: Slg. Julius Naue, wohl durch Ohnefalsch-Richter'. The text does not say whether by gift, sale or bequest.

    ErlangenRecke 2012, p. 98Recke 2012, p. 108

Connections

2 people

Sales, gifts & bequests

Objects

  • Cypriot vases (5 ceramics, MC/LC/CA) and 1 stone sculpture, Erlangen group from Slg. Dehn

    Antikensammlung der Universität Erlangen1942Recke 2012, p. 108

Sources

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