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Emperor Franz Joseph I

fl. 1869–1890 · Austria

Active 1869–1890.

Life and work

  1. 19 November 1869
    Approved Joseph Bergmann's request to buy a selection of Cypriote antiquities from Consul Cesnola for 1000 florins in silver for the Coin and Antiquity Collection; the consignment (155 finds, incl. 87 vases, ten limestone sculptures, 22 terracotta statuettes) reached Vienna on 16 Feb 1870

    ViennaBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 39

  2. 20 October 1890
    Approved the purchase of the Millosicz collection (1094 coins and 250 archaeological finds, almost 100 Cypriot objects) from the heiress, his still-minor daughter Hermine, for 8,000 florins

    ViennaBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 43

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Sources

  1. 1.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.