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Collector

Van Branteghem

fl. 1888–1893 · Belgium

Belgian collector, active 1888–1893. Lived at Constantinople, London and Brussels. Sold to Louvre; bought from Henri Hoffmann.

Life and work

  1. 1888
    Lent vases (incl. a cup with an unusual Greek inscription) to the Greek ceramics exhibition at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, as one of the two principal exhibitors

    LondonReinach 1891

  2. 10 July 1889
    Wrote from Constantinople to Froehner, sending drawings of Cypriot vases with inscriptions

    ConstantinopleHellmann 1991, n. 33

  3. March 1890
    Bought at the Hoffmann sale of March 1890 the Amathus sherds with Hathor heads (later Louvre AM 393)

    ParisHermary 1994

  4. 30 May 1891 – 1 June 1891
    His collection was sold by Hoffmann; Froehner had catalogued it ('Collection Van Branteghem. Catalogue des monuments antiques, vases peints, terres cuites...'), staying with the collector in Brussels shortly before

    ParisHellmann 1991

  5. 1892
    The Hathor sherds AM 393 entered the Louvre, two years after his 1890 purchase; Hermary refers to the Van Branteghem sale

    ParisHermary 1994

Connections

3 people
Henri HoffmannWilhelm FroehnerMaxime CollignonVan Branteghem
Sales & giftsScholarship

Sales, gifts & bequests

Scholarship

Objects

  • Amathus sherds with Hathor heads (cult scene)

    From Amathus (production of Amathus workshops)Musée du Louvre AM 3931892Hermary 1994

On Ancient Cyprus

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Sources

  1. 1.Marie-Christine Hellmann (1991). “W. Froehner et Chypre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 16, 17-28. Online
  2. 2.Antoine Hermary (1994). “Un lot d'antiquités chypriotes du Louvre : la vente Hoffmann de mars 1890”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 21. Online
  3. 3.Salomon Reinach (1891). Chroniques d'Orient.