Collector
François Benjamin Marie Delessert
1817–1868 · France
French collector. Bought from Louis de Mas Latrie; sibling of Edouard Delessert.
Life and work
- 1846–1849Acquired a marble bust of Venus from Louis de Mas Latrie ('in the late 1840s', Merrillees).
Connections
4 peopleSales, gifts & bequests
- Bought from Louis de Mas Latrie
Family
- Sibling of Edouard Delessert
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with Louis de Mas Latrie1846–1848
- Connected with John Wilkinsonprobably1848
- Connected with S. Leigh Sothebyprobably1848
- Connected with Edouard Delessert
Objects
Marble bust/head of Venus (Parian marble, said to come from Kition)
From Kition1846–1849Merrillees 2016
Sources
- 1.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2016). “Studies on the provenances of the stele of Sargon II from Larnaca (Kition) and the two so-called Dhali (Idalion) silver bowls in the Louvre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 46, 349-386. Online
- 2.L. de Laborde (1849). “Les collections d'objets d'art de M. Benjamin Delessert Fils”. Revue archéologique 5, 650-655.