Ancient Art in the Collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk
Among the Polish collections of antiquities, a lesser-known set of ancient artifacts is housed in the National Museum in Gdańsk. This collection includes Egyptian, Etruscan, Roman, and Coptic artifacts of uncertain provenance and acquisition history. The only definite aspect is the acquisition of s...
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Among the Polish collections of antiquities, a lesser-known set of ancient artifacts is housed in the National Museum in Gdańsk. This collection includes Egyptian, Etruscan, Roman, and Coptic artifacts of uncertain provenance and acquisition history. The only definite aspect is the acquisition of some items: Coptic fabrics from the collection of Robert Forrer—a Swiss collector, antiquarian, archaeologist, and art historian. The remaining artifacts stored in Gdańsk have not been thoroughly studied; they do not form a homogeneous collection, and it cannot be ruled out that they may also be remnants of former bourgeois collections dating back to the 16th century or German collections acquired in Gdańsk after World War II.
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| spelling | doaj-art-45ed5fcad4fe464fbfbc3a6ee8fc7c4b2025-02-07T15:51:58ZengKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization1899-15482449-867X2024-12-012810.12797/SAAC.28.2024.28.10Ancient Art in the Collection of the National Museum in GdańskGrzegorz First0Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Poland Among the Polish collections of antiquities, a lesser-known set of ancient artifacts is housed in the National Museum in Gdańsk. This collection includes Egyptian, Etruscan, Roman, and Coptic artifacts of uncertain provenance and acquisition history. The only definite aspect is the acquisition of some items: Coptic fabrics from the collection of Robert Forrer—a Swiss collector, antiquarian, archaeologist, and art historian. The remaining artifacts stored in Gdańsk have not been thoroughly studied; they do not form a homogeneous collection, and it cannot be ruled out that they may also be remnants of former bourgeois collections dating back to the 16th century or German collections acquired in Gdańsk after World War II. https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/6304history of collections of antiquities in Polandhistory of Polish museumsancient art in Polish collectionshistory of archaeological collections |
| spellingShingle | Grzegorz First Ancient Art in the Collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization history of collections of antiquities in Poland history of Polish museums ancient art in Polish collections history of archaeological collections |
| title | Ancient Art in the Collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk |
| title_full | Ancient Art in the Collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk |
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| title_short | Ancient Art in the Collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk |
| title_sort | ancient art in the collection of the national museum in gdansk |
| topic | history of collections of antiquities in Poland history of Polish museums ancient art in Polish collections history of archaeological collections |
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