Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Curator

Simone Besques

fl. 1966–1993 · France

French curator, active 1966–1993.

Life and work

  1. March 1971
    Her audit (récolement) of objects deposited by the Louvre in provincial museums yielded a list of Cypriot objects on deposit, which she passed to Annie Caubet; Caubet reported this to Olivier Masson in March 1971.

    ParisDunn-Vaturi 2007, p. 80

  2. 1993
    Thanked among others by Decaudin in the Cannes catalogue preface.

    Decaudin 1993

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Sales, gifts & bequests

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi (2007). “Le récolement des antiquités chypriotes dans les collections françaises. Nouvelles perspectives vingt ans après le catalogue d'Antoinette Decaudin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 37, 71-85. Online
  2. 2.S. Mollard-Besques (1966). “Les collections d'antiques dans les musées de province”. Musées et collections publiques de France 95, 81-86.
  3. 3.Antoinette J. Decaudin (1993). “Musée de Cannes. Chypre dans l'antiquité. Catalogue”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 19. Online