Collector · Scholar
Vladimir Semyonovich Golenishchev
1856–1947 · Russia
Egyptologist. Collected at Salamis.
Life and work
- 1911His collection, including its incidental Cypriot pieces, was acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (now the Pushkin State Museum), the first Cypriot pieces the museum held. The source does not say whether by purchase or gift.
- by 1911Bought an inscribed Cypro-syllabic limestone plaque (epitaph of Socrates son of Socharis, from Salamis) in Cairo 'at the end of 19th century'.
Connections
2 peopleScholarship
- Material published by Nikolay A. Shcherbakov1930
- Published material of Nikolay A. Shcherbakov1930
- Material published by Yuri Savelyev1966
Objects
Jug of Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware (LBA), cat. P 12
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts I 1a 14521911Karageorghis & Bukina 2005
Terracotta head of a beardless male, cat. P 19 (published by N. A. Shcherbakov, 1930)
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts I 1a 27081911Karageorghis & Bukina 2005
Limestone funerary relief with two reclining figures and a lion, cat. P 50
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts I 2a 41911Karageorghis & Bukina 2005
Head of a youth, cat. P 52
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts I 1a 26611911Karageorghis & Bukina 2005
Inscribed limestone plaque, Cypriot syllabary epitaph (Salamis), cat. P 56
From Salamis (inscription names a Salaminian); acquired in CairoPushkin State Museum of Fine Arts I 1b 1672by 1911Karageorghis & Bukina 2005
Cylinder seals, cat. P 57 and P 58
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts I 2b 217; I 2b 2321911Karageorghis & Bukina 2005
Sources
- 1.V. Karageorghis, O. Bukina (2005). Ancient Cypriote Art in Russian Museums. A. G. Leventis Foundation.
- 2.Wikidata / GND. Vladimir Golenishchev (1856-1947), Russian Egyptologist. Online