Dealer · Agent · Collector

Paul Julius Arndt

1865–1937 · Germany

Classical archaeologist. Sold to Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest; bought from Gaston Louis Feuardent.

Life and work

1910
Acquired Cypriot ceramics (29 pots and 1 terracotta in the whole Tübingen holding) for the Tübingen Antikensammlung with funds from Ernst von Sieglin; the German record names him as the acquirer ('durch Paul Arndt mit Mitteln E. von Sieglins erworben').
TübingenRecke 2012, p. 113
1914
Sold the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest at least six Cypriot pieces (Nos. 67, 103, 111, 112, 117, 122 in Csornay-Caprez): a Base Ring bird-face figurine from Alambra, a wall-bracket, a tambourine-player, two figurines and a diadem fragment.
BudapestCsornay-Caprez 2000, p. 7 Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 43 Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 62 Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 70

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Sales & giftsScholarship

Base Ring bird-face female figurine holding an offering
From AlambraMuseum of Fine Arts, Budapest No. 67 in Csornay-Caprez (SzM inventory not read)1914Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 7 Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 43
Wall-bracket
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest SzM T.16 (cat. no. 103)1914Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 62
Fragmentary diadem of a large-size figurine
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest SzM T.599 (cat. no. 122)1914Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 70
Male tambourine-player, standing figurine with arms akimbo and standing female figure (cat. nos 111, 112, 117), provenance unknown
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest1914Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 66 : Nos. 111 Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 68 : No. 117
Four Cypriot vases from 'Slg. Paul Arndt'
Staatliche Antikensammlungen MünchenRecke 2012, p. 112

1.Boldizsár Csornay-Caprez (2000). Cypriote Antiquities. Rome, L'Erma di Bretschneider.
2.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
3.“Paul Arndt (Archäologe)”. Wikipedia (de). Online