Traveller / antiquarian · Expedition member
Rada y Delgado
fl. 1870–1882 · Spain
Spanish traveller and expedition member, active 1870–1882.
Life and work
- 1870Visited Cyprus with the Spanish Scientific Mission (frigate Arapiles); the party was received by Cesnola, who came on board personally, and toured his museum at the American consulate in Larnaca. Cesnola described his finds at Dali and Athienou and his discovery of the temple of Aphrodite; the Spaniards were introduced to the consuls, with special mention of Demetrios Pierides's collection and numismatics.
LarnacaMarangou 2000, pp. 40-41
- 1870Was in Cyprus at the same time as Johannes Doell, who was cataloguing the Cesnola Collection for the Imperial Museums, St Petersburg; Marangou says the St Petersburg purchase did not materialise, and that Delgado's book refers to Doell's catalogue (pp. 706-7) and to the 1870 Paris auction catalogue (pp. 708-17).
LarnacaMarangou 2000, p. 41
- 1870Reports that Cesnola offered the Spanish party the sale of his collection, stating a preference for Spain; the mission lacked the funds (translated quotation in Marangou: 'Had we sufficient amounts of money ... the Cesnola Collection would today embellish the rooms of the Archaeological Museum of Spain').
LarnacaMarangou 2000, p. 41
- 1882Published the account in 'Viaje a Oriente de la fragata de Guerra Arapiles' (3 vols, Barcelona); Cyprus is chapter VI.
BarcelonaMarangou 2000, p. 40
Connections
2 peopleColleagues & contacts
- Connected with Johannes Doell1870
- Met Luigi Palma di Cesnola1870
Sources
- 1.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
- 2.Rada y Delgado (1882). Viaje a Oriente de la fragata de guerra Arapiles. Barcelona.
- 3.M. Ohnefalsch-Richter (1886). “Das Museum und die Ausgrabungen auf Cypern seit 1878”. Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 9.