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Hertz Collection

fl. 1851–1859 · United Kingdom

British collector, active 1851–1859.

Life and work

  1. 1851–1859
    Formed a London collection of Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman and other antiquities, catalogued in 1851 and sold at Sotheby's in 1859; the catalogue includes objects identified as Cypriot.

    Sotheby, Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Indian, Peruvian, Mexican, and Chinese antiquities (1859)

  2. 1859
    The Hertz collection of antiquities, including gems, bronzes and Greek vases, was offered at Sotheby's in 1859; gems from it later reached German museums.

    Sotheby, Catalogue of the extensive collection of Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Indian, Peruvian, Mexican, and Chinese antiquities and articles (1859)

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  4. Undated
    Private collection whose green jasper scarab of an ape walking is listed in this catalogue of gems.

    Kaiserlich Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1887)

  5. Undated
    Former owner whose sale catalogue (No. 718) lists a carnelian scarab of Etruscan workmanship, Laocoön, now in the museum's group.

    Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1886)

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2 mentions

Sources

  1. 1.Sotheby, Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Indian, Peruvian, Mexican, and Chinese antiquities (1859).
  2. 2.Catalogue of the collection of Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Indian, Peruvian and Mexican antiquities : formed by B. Hertz (1851).
  3. 3.Sotheby, Catalogue of the extensive collection of Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Indian, Peruvian, Mexican, and Chinese antiquities and articles (1859).
  4. 4.Kaiserlich Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1887).
  5. 5.Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1886).

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