Auction on
16 September 2020 - 13:30 (CEST) -
Salle 13 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Some of the archives once belonging to the ardent archaeology advocate and French museum donor were auctioned. These important documents did not leave institutions cold as marble.
Archival and philological file relating to the discovery and donation of the sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, fifth-century BCE king of Sidon, by the Duke of Luynes. Result: €10,880
Archival and philological file relating to the discovery and donation of the sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, fifth-century BCE king of Sidon, by the Duke of Luynes. Result: €10,880
The sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, the fifth-century BCE King of Sidon, has been a highlight of the Louvre Museum’s Eastern antiquities collection since it was donated by the Duke of Luynes (1802-1867) in 1855. Seven years later, the learned philanthropist gave the Cabinet des Médailles of the then-imperial Bibliothèque Nationale…
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