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Ernst von Sieglin

1848–1927 · Germany

Stuttgart industrialist whose gift in 1910 put Cypriot vases and terracottas in Dresden and whose money paid for Cypriot pottery bought for the Tübingen collection in 1910 and 1913.

Biography

Ernst von Sieglin (born in Stuttgart on 21 April 1848, died there on 3 October 1927) was an entrepreneur2. In 1910 he donated several Cypriot vases and terracottas to Dresden1.

His money also reached the university collection at Tübingen. Paul Arndt bought Cypriot pottery there in 1910 with Sieglin's funds, and in 1913 Karl Hähnle bought three Cypriot vases in Florence with them1. The Tübingen holding of 29 ceramics and one terracotta was later added to by acquisitions from the Theodor Schreiber collection in 1925 and from B. Schnaps in Berlin in 19361. The sellers of the Cypriot pieces bought with his money are not named.

An expedition to Alexandria also carried his name, and he published part of its report, on the necropolis of Kom esh-Shuqafa, in 19083.

Life and work

  1. 1910
    Gave several Cypriot vases and terracottas to Dresden

    DresdenRecke 2012, p. 97

  2. 1910
    Paul Arndt bought Cypriot pottery for Tübingen with Sieglin's money

    Recke 2012, p. 113

  3. 1913
    Karl Hähnle bought three Cypriot vases in Florence for Tübingen with Sieglin's money

    FlorenceRecke 2012, p. 97Recke 2012, p. 113

Connections

2 people

Sales, gifts & bequests

Colleagues & contacts

Objects

  • Cypriot vases and terracottas (several)

    Skulpturensammlung Dresden (Albertinum)1910Recke 2012, p. 97

  • Cypriot pottery bought through Paul Arndt (part of the Tübingen holding of 29 ceramic pieces and 1 terracotta)

    Antikensammlung der Universität Tübingen1910Recke 2012, p. 113

  • Three Cypriot vases bought in Florence

    Antikensammlung der Universität Tübingen1913Recke 2012, p. 97Recke 2012, p. 113

Sources

  1. 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
  2. 2.Wikidata Q1360923, Ernst von Sieglin (GND 119151340). Online
  3. 3.Ernst von Sieglin (1908). Die Nekropole von Kom-esch-Schukafa.