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Jules Chrétien Paul Waldemar Deonna
1880–1959 · Switzerland
Swiss archaeologist whose Geneva study of 1909 on the archaic kouroi is cited in the argument for a Cypriot role in the origin of the type.
Biography
Waldemar Deonna was born at Cannes on 24 September 1880 and died at Geneva in 1959, on 3 May by one record and 3 March by another; he was an archaeologist, art historian and photographer2. His Les "apollons archaïques", published at Geneva in 1909, numbered among its entries (no. 144) an alabaster male statuette perhaps from Naukratis, now in Moscow3.
Cyprus entered his account of the kouros. Ian Jenkins notes that, unlike Richter, Deonna saw a major role for Cyprus in the origin and development of the type. Deonna compared a gypsum statuette said to come from Cyprus, now in Athens, with the gypsum kouroi found at Naukratis1. Jenkins built on that comparison to argue in 2001 that the Naukratis kouroi were of Cypriot manufacture1.
Life and work
- 24 September 1880Born in Cannes.
CannesWikidata / GND. Jules Chrétien Paul Waldemar Deonna (1880-1959)
- 1909Published 'Les apollons archaïques' (Geneva); his no. 144 is an alabaster male statuette perhaps from Naukratis, now in Moscow, later used in the Cypriot-origin argument.
GenevaW. Deonna (1909). Les 'apollons archaïques'. no. 144. Genève, no. 144
- 1959Died in Geneva (Wikidata gives 3 May, GND 3 March 1959).
GenevaWikidata / GND. Jules Chrétien Paul Waldemar Deonna (1880-1959)
- 2001Jenkins notes that Deonna saw a major role for Cyprus in the origin and development of the kouros type, comparing a gypsum statuette said to be from Cyprus (Athens) with the gypsum kouroi from Naukratis.
Recording and study
2 records- Catalogued2
Deonna’s catalogue illustrated the Geneva sculptures only sparingly.
Sculptures from Kourion in the Musée de GenèveGenèveChamay 1991, p. 29
The Cypriot limestone statuettes discovered at Delos were included in W. Deonna’s catalogue.
statuettes de calcaireDélosPetite plastique chypriote de… 1999, p. 373
Mentioned in
5 mentionsDocuments · 5
- Archaic Kouroi in Naukratis: the Case for Cypriote Origin
2001
argued for Cypriot manufacture
Jenkins 2001
- Petite plastique chypriote de Délos
p. 373
The Cypriot limestone statuettes discovered at Delos were included in W. Deonna’s catalogue.
1999
- Sculptures du sanctuaire d'Apollon Hylates au Musée de Genève
p. 29
Deonna’s catalogue illustrated the Geneva sculptures only sparingly.
Chamay 1991
- Histoire des études sur la sculpture chypriote
Hermary 1990
- Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts
1886
Sources
- 1.I. Jenkins (2001). “Archaic Kouroi in Naukratis: the Case for Cypriote Origin”. American Journal of Archaeology 105, 163-179.
- 2.Wikidata / GND. Jules Chrétien Paul Waldemar Deonna (1880-1959). Online
- 3.W. Deonna (1909). Les 'apollons archaïques'. no. 144. Genève.
- 4.Jacques Chamay (1991). “Sculptures du sanctuaire d'Apollon Hylates au Musée de Genève”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 16.
- 5. (1999). “Petite plastique chypriote de Délos”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 123, 373-388.
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