Traveller / antiquarian · Collector · Donor
Julius August Schönborn
1801–1857 · Germany
Classical philologist. Collected at Cyprus. Gave to Antikensammlung Berlin.
Life and work
- 1851Journey to Cyprus, on which he acquired about 20 vases and terracottas and a bronze statuette of a satyr
CyprusRecke 2012, p. 90
- 1852On his return the Cypriot pieces passed to the Berlin museum; Recke's Berlin entry lists the source of the 1852 intake as the 'Slg. Schönborn'
Objects
About 20 vases and terracottas from Cyprus
Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin1852Recke 2012, p. 90Recke 2012, p. 107
Bronze statuette of a satyr, from the Cyprus journey
Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin1852Recke 2012, p. 90
Rude terracotta head with painted cap, 'Obtained by Schonborn'
From Cyprus (no site given)Berlin Museum, Antiquarium T.C. 50991852Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 380
Limestone female head wearing a kalathos, 'from the Coll. Schonborn'; a second female limestone head from a statue, also Coll. Schonborn, provenance uncertain
From Cyprus (no site given)Berlin Museum, Antiquarium1852Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 473Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 474
Sources
- 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
- 2.Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1893). Kypros, the Bible and Homer. London, Asher & Co.. Online
- 3.Wikidata Q11729220, Julius August Schönborn (GND 17295567X). Online