Unikalios ankstyvosios krikščionybės vertybės Mykolo Tiškevičiaus kolekcijoje:auksinių stiklų rinkinys

Abstract

Count Michał Tyszkiewicz (1828-1897) was one of the most prominent collectors of the European scale in the 19th c. A distinctive place in his collection belonged to the late Roman and early Christian glass, called gold glass. The M. Tyszkiewicz collection contained fourteen gold glasses, the history of each being very special. In 1892 the count gave eight gold glasses to Henry Hoffmann's (1823- 1897) antiques shop in Paris. One of them was bought by Władysław Czartoryski (1828-1894) and now is kept at the Muzeum Narodowe in Krakow. The others were acquired by Iza Czartoryska Działyńska (1830-1899) for the Gołuchów (Poland) collection of antique art. During the World War II they were taken away by Germans. From the missing items two gold glasses were found in Jerusalem (Muzeum Israel), one was sold at the Sotheby's on Nowember 20, 1987 in London, two are still missing. One gold glass from the M. Tyszkiewicz collection was purchased by the collector Auguste Dutuit (1812-1902) and is at present kept at the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. M. Tyszkiewicz preserved five gold glasses in his collection until his death. In 1898 they were sold at auction in Paris by the heirs. All of them were successfully found: one in the United States at the Corning Museum of Glass, two in France at the Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon and Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, two in the United Kingdom at the British Museum, London.