Curator · Museum buyer

G. von Kieseritzky

fl. 1893

Curator and museum buyer, active in 1893. Worked for State Hermitage Museum.

Life and work

1893
As Keeper of Antiquities he was told by the Greek sponge merchant Georgos Koutsourakis that the Cypriote Archaic limestone and terracotta figurines and a painted vase offered (acquired that year) 'were found in the islands of Cnidos, Calymnos and in other sites of Asia Minor'.
St PetersburgKarageorghis & Bukina 2005, pp. 93-94

Connections

1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Bought from Georgos Koutsourakisprobably1893

Scholarship

Corresponded with Georgos Koutsourakis1893

Sources

1.V. Karageorghis, O. Bukina (2005). Ancient Cypriote Art in Russian Museums. A. G. Leventis Foundation.