Museum buyer

Siegfried Loeschcke

fl. 1911–1913 · Germany

German museum buyer, active 1911–1913. Dealt at Athens and Smyrna. Bought from Whitall and von Lennep (Smyrna); acted for Humboldt-Universität Berlin.

Life and work

1911–1912
Bought Cypriot pieces in Smyrna (1911 and 1912) for the Berlin Winckelmann-Institut at his father's commission
SmyrnaRecke 2012, p. 96
1912–1913
Bought Cypriot pieces in Athens (1912/13)
AthensRecke 2012, p. 96

Connections

3 people

Sales & gifts

Sales, gifts & bequests

Agent for Georg Loeschcke1911–1913
Bought from von Lennep (Smyrna)1911–1913
Bought from Whitall1911–1913

Family

Child of Georg Loeschcke

Fieldwork & employment

Employed by Georg Loeschcke1911–1913

Objects

4 ceramics (Early Cypriot, Cypro-Archaic) and 2 terracottas, Humboldt-Universität collection; lost as war losses in WWII
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Winckelmann-Institut)1911–1913Recke 2012, p. 107

Sources

1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.