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Collector

Guimet

fl. 1907–1948

Collector, active 1907–1948.

Life and work

  1. 1907
    'Guimet' bought vases described as 'de Chypre' at Avignon (per Francois Villard's 1945 Ecole du Louvre memoir, cited by Dunn-Vaturi).

    AvignonDunn-Vaturi 2007, p. 76

  2. October 1907
    Eight Cypriot vases were sent from the Guimet museum to German and Czech museums; others went to La Rochelle.

    Dunn-Vaturi 2007, p. 76

  3. from 1948
    The Guimet museum's Cypriot collections were assigned to the Louvre, mostly from 1948, with the other non-Asiatic collections.

    ParisDunn-Vaturi 2007, pp. 75-76

Connections

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Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi (2007). “Le récolement des antiquités chypriotes dans les collections françaises. Nouvelles perspectives vingt ans après le catalogue d'Antoinette Decaudin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 37, 71-85. Online
  2. 2.Emile Etienne Guimet (1836-1918), French businessman, Wikidata Q285963 / GND 117576735. Online