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Valentin Müller

fl. 1929–1933

Scholar and collector, active 1929–1933. Bought from Baron Heyl; worked with Einar Nilson Gjerstad.

Life and work

  1. 1930

    1. Bought a herm head at the sale of Baron Heyl's collection in 1930, which later entered the Penn Museum; he also wrote on the crown of the ivory sphinx from Argos.

      Irene Bald Romano, Classical Sculpture: Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek, and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (2006), p. 67

  2. 1932

    1. Wrote a 1932 article on the Palace of Vouni; also interpreted the stand on the Tiryns gold ring as a libation table.

      Eric M. Meyers; William G. Dever; Carol L. Meyers; James D. Muhly; Dennis Pardee; James A. Sauer, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (1997), p. 322

  3. Undated

    n.d.

    1. Interpreted the stand in front of the enthroned figure on the Tiryns gold ring as a libation table.

      Roland Hampe; Erika Simon, The Birth of Greek Art: From the Mycenaean to the Archaic Period (1981), p. 191

    2. Discussed the ivory sphinx from Argos and suggested the crown was a fixed ornamented hoop rather than feathers set on a ring.

      Leicester Holland, Mycenaean Plumes (2009), p. 188

    3. Commented on the crown on the ivory sphinx from Argos, suggesting it was a fixed ornamented band rather than feathers set in a ring.

      American Journal of Archaeology 1929: Vol 33

Through their hands

1 record
  1. 1930

    PurchaseDr. Valentine Müller purchased the herm head at the sale of Baron Heyl's collection.

    No. 30-51-1Romano 2006, p. 67

Connections

1 person

Recording and study

1 record
Studied1

  • Valentin Müller attempted a detailed analysis of the site.

    the site of the Palace of VouniVouniMüller 1932, p. 408

Mentioned in

4 mentions

Documents · 3

Sources

  1. 1.Valentin Müller (1932). “The Palace of Vouni in Cyprus”. American Journal of Archaeology 36, 408-417.
  2. 2.Irene Bald Romano (2006). Classical Sculpture: Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek, and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
  3. 3.Eric M. Meyers; William G. Dever; Carol L. Meyers; James D. Muhly; Dennis Pardee; James A. Sauer, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (1997).
  4. 4.Roland Hampe; Erika Simon, The Birth of Greek Art: From the Mycenaean to the Archaic Period (1981).
  5. 5.Irene Bald Romano, Classical Sculpture: Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek, and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (2006).
  6. 6.Leicester Holland, Mycenaean Plumes (2009).
  7. 7.American Journal of Archaeology 1929: Vol 33.
  8. 8.M. Aubert (ed.), 1934, Repertoire d'art et d'archeologie 1933, entry 1428.
  9. 9.Bibliothèque d'art et d'archéologie (Paris), Répertoire d'art et d'archéologie : dépouillement de périodiques français et étrangers (1933).

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