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Auctioneer · Dealer

Maurice Delestre

fl. 1876–1901 · France

French auctioneer and dealer, active 1876–1901. Sold to Louvre; worked with Henri Hoffmann and Veuve Raymond Serrure (forename unknown).

Life and work

  1. 27 May 1887 – 28 May 1887
    Sale at Hôtel Drouot, salle no. 4, of antiquities 'trouvés à Arsinoé de Chypre' (sculptures, Cypriot inscriptions, Phoenician pottery, terracottas, jewellery); catalogue by Delestre and Hoffmann

    ParisChilds et al. 2012, p. 164

  2. 21 March 1890 – 22 March 1890
    Sale organised by the antiquaires Delestre and Hoffmann; catalogue by W. Froehner; 'mille pièces' of glass and pottery from Cyprus

    ParisHermary 1994, p. 2

Connections

4 people
Charles F. WatkinsCharles ChristianHenri HoffmannVeuve Raymond Serrure (fo…Maurice Delestre
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Sources

  1. 1.M. Delestre, M. Hoffmann (1887). Catalogue des objets antiques trouvés à Arsinoé de Chypre, sculptures, inscriptions chypriotes, poterie phénicienne, terres cuites & bijoux. Paris.
  2. 2.W. A. P. Childs (ed.), J. S. Smith (ed.), J. M. Padgett (ed.) (2012). City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum.
  3. 3.Antoine Hermary (1994). “Un lot d'antiquités chypriotes du Louvre : la vente Hoffmann de mars 1890”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 21. Online
  4. 4.Hôtel Drouot (1876). Antiquités chypriotes et terres cuites d'Asie Mineure. Paris.
  5. 5.Hôtel Drouot (1901). Collection formée en Chypre. Paris.