Scholars, travellers, and trade : the pioneer years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-1840 / R.B. Halbertsma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halbertsma, Ruurd B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reuvens, Caspar Jacob Christiaan, 1793-1835.

Reuvens, Caspar Jacob Christiaan.

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden.

Archaeologists--Netherlands--Biography.

Archaeologists.

Netherlands--History--1815-1830.

Netherlands.

Netherlands--History--1830-1849.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Place of Publication:

2004.

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today, the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden is internationally known for its outstanding archaeological collections. Yet its origins lie in an insignificant assortment of artefacts used for study by Leiden University. How did this transformation come about?Ruurd Halbertsma has delved into the archives to show that the appointment of Caspar Reuvens as Professor of Archaeology in 1818 was the crucial turning point. He tells the dramatic story of Reuvens' struggle to establish the museum, with battles against rival scholars, red tape and the Dutch attitude of neglect towards archaeolo

Contents:

Cover; SCHOLARS, TRAVELLERS AND TRADE: The pioneer years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-40; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, 1795-1840; MUSEUMS, MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS; THE PRICE FOR ANTIQUITIES; SOURCES; 2 EARLY COLLECTIONS OF CLASSICAL ART IN THE NETHERLANDS: The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; 'WORKS OF ART AND BEAUTIES FROM VENICE': THE REIJNST COLLECTION; THE SMETIUS COLLECTION: IN SEARCH OF THE OPPIDUM BATAVORUM; ADVENTURES AND ANTIQUITIES: FREDERIC COUNT DE THOMS

GERARD VAN PAPENBROEK: VANITAS VANITATUMPAPENBROEKIANA MARMORA, NUNC LEYDENSIA MARMORA; 3 C.J.C. REUVENS AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CABINET IN LEIDEN, 1818; LAW, CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY; FROM HARDERWIJK TO LEIDEN: PER ASPERA AD ASTRA; PROFESSOR IN LEIDEN: THE PRAISE OF ARCHAEOLOGY; EXAMPLES FROM ABROAD: CAMBRIDGE, OXFORD AND LONDON; 4 COLLECTIONS AND CONFLICTS; A NATIONAL MUSEUM AND THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGY: ORGANIZATION; ART FROM THE EAST INDIES: 'CONTEMPORARY OR ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS?'; THE ROYAL COIN CABINET: 'A DIFFERENCE IN SCHOLARLY VIEWS'

THE RIJKSMUSEUM: 'ONE OF THE LARGEST AND FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE SO-CALLED ETRUSCAN VASES'ARCHAEOLOGY VERSUS PHILOLOGY: 'BENEATH THE DIGNITY OF STUDY AND RANK'; ANTIQUITEITEN: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL; 5 THE GREEK COLLECTIONS OF B.E.A. ROTTIERS; GREEK ANTIQUITIES FROM ATHENS; 'THE LITERARY GLORY OF A NATION'; ROTTIERS' SECOND COLLECTION: 'AN IMPORTANT ENLARGEMENT'; 'JUDGING THE AUTHENTICITY': DOUBTS AND FORGERIES; EXCAVATION ON MELOS; EVALUATION OF THE EXPEDITION: 'MUCH AND UNGRATEFUL WORK'; 6 JEAN EMILE HUMBERT: The quest for Carthage; DUTCH ENGINEERS IN TUNISIA, 1796

ANTIQUARIAN INTERESTS: AN EXILED COUNT IN TUNISBETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR: REPATRIATION AND NEW PROSPECTS; FIRST ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO NORTH AFRICA, 1822- 4; EXCAVATIONS IN TUNISIA; CARTHAGE REVISITED?; THE BORGIA INHERITANCE; 7 STATION LIVORNO: The Etruscan and Egyptian collections; ETRUSCAN URNS FROM VOLTERRA; SUPPOSED FORGERIES: 'RESIGNATION, PATIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY'; THE MUSEO CORAZZI IN CORTONA; EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES ON THE EUROPEAN MARKET; 'EGYPT ALONG THE RHINE': THE CIMBA AND D'ANASTASY COLLECTIONS; REUVENS' FIRST VALUATION: 'BELOW THE SALT COLLECTION'

REUVENS' SECOND VALUATION: 'THE COLLECTION HAS RISEN IN VALUE'REUVENS' THIRD VALUATION: 'THE PRICE HALF-WAY BETWEEN SALT AND DROVETTI'; THE BREAKTHROUGH; EPILOGUE: THREE GIFTS AND AN UNRELIABLE MERCHANT; END OF THE EXPEDITION: THE NANITIEPOLOAND PACILEO COLLECTIONS; 8 FORUM HADRIANI: Digging behind the dunes; THE SEARCH FOR FORUM HADRIANI; START OF THE EXCAVATIONS: 'SHERDS OF TILES, POTS AND URNS'; INVENTING ARCHAEOLOGY: FIELDWORK AND DOCUMENTATION; END OF THE EXCAVATIONS: 'THE OLD STATE OF STAGNATION'; SMALLER EXCAVATIONS AND SURVEYS; 9 THE IDEAL MUSEUM: Dreams and reality

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CABINET

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ISBN:

9786610073917

9781134475261

1134475268

9780203638859

0203638859

9781134475278

1134475276

9781280073915

1280073918

9780203634547

0203634543

OCLC:

475895468

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Unrestricted online access