Название: Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Автор(ы): Vassos Karageorghis
Издательство: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Год: 2000
Страниц: 321
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 56 MB

The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the richest and most varied representation, outside Cyprus, of Cypriot antiquities. These works were purchased by the newly established Museum in the mid-1870s from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola, a Civil War cavalry officer who had amassed the objects while serving as the American consul on Cyprus. The Cesnola Collection was the earliest acquisition of Mediterranean antiquities by the Museum and constituted its primary display of archaeological material. In 1879 Cesnola became the Museum's first director, a position that he held until his death in 1904.