Egypt in Argentina: the Odyssey of the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian Collection

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Since its formation in the 19th century, the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian collection has been growing while passing from generation to generation. This sustained growth stopped in the last quarter of the 20th century when the sale of artifacts comprising the collection began, resulting in an incr...

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Autor principal: Navarro-Cía, Olga
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Publicado: Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2024
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20th century
Argentina
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siglo XX
coleccionismo
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spelling I28-R263-article-162622024-12-28T01:39:06Z Egypt in Argentina: the Odyssey of the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian Collection Egipto en Argentina: la odisea de la colección egipcia de la familia Matthews-Beyens Navarro-Cía, Olga Matthews-Beyens family 20th century Argentina collecting familia Matthews-Beyens siglo XX Argentina coleccionismo Since its formation in the 19th century, the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian collection has been growing while passing from generation to generation. This sustained growth stopped in the last quarter of the 20th century when the sale of artifacts comprising the collection began, resulting in an increasing dispersion of the primitive heritage. Before the year 2000, some objects of the Egyptian collection were auctioned and sold in antique shops and auctioned in Buenos Aires (Argentina). In 2003, the first sale to a private individual was drawn up and verified by a notary; the purchase included 77 artifacts that were defined then as Ethnographic Art. Most of the objects from this collection are small and include shabtis, statuettes, reliefs, jewelry and ornaments, amulets, scarabs, vases and other cosmetic items, as well as several vessels and pot-tery lamps. Among all these small artifacts, we can find genuine and replica ancient Egyptian items. Considering that all items lack archeological context, their dating has been carried out based on known parallels from other collections, both public and private, and their analysis has been approached by contextualizing them within the collection itself. Desde su formación en el siglo XIX, la colección egipcia de la familia Matthews-Beyens ha ido pasando de mano en mano, acrecentándose, hasta que, en el último cuarto del siglo XX, se inició la venta de parte de las piezas que la integraban, dando como resultado una dispersión cada vez mayor del primitivo acervo. Hasta el año 2000, algunas piezas de la colección egipcia fueron subastadas y vendidas en casas de antigüedades y subastas en Buenos Aires (Argentina) y en el año 2003 se produce la primera venta a un particular, ante notario, de 77 piezas que fueron definidas en su día como Arte etnográfico. Forman parte de este acervo particular objetos de pequeño tamaño, la mayoría, entre los que podemos encontrar piezas auténticas y unas cuantas falsificaciones, que comprenden ushebtis, estatuillas, relieves, elementos de joyería y adorno, amuletos, escarabeos, vasitos y otros elementos de cosmética, así como varias vasijas y lucernas. Teniendo en cuenta que todas las piezas se encuentran descontextualizadas arqueológicamente, la datación de éstas se ha realizado en base a paralelos conocidos ubicados en otras colecciones, tanto públicas como privadas, y se ha abordado el análisis de éstas contextualizándolas dentro de la propia colección. Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2024-12-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rihao/article/view/16262 10.34096/rihao.n25.16262 Revista del Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental 'Dr. Abraham Rosenvasser'; Núm. 25 (2024) 2683-9660 0325-1209 spa https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rihao/article/view/16262/13885 Derechos de autor 2024 Olga Navarro-Cía
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Argentina
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Argentina
coleccionismo
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Egypt in Argentina: the Odyssey of the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian Collection
topic_facet Matthews-Beyens family
20th century
Argentina
collecting
familia Matthews-Beyens
siglo XX
Argentina
coleccionismo
author Navarro-Cía, Olga
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title Egypt in Argentina: the Odyssey of the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian Collection
title_short Egypt in Argentina: the Odyssey of the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian Collection
title_full Egypt in Argentina: the Odyssey of the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian Collection
title_fullStr Egypt in Argentina: the Odyssey of the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian Collection
title_full_unstemmed Egypt in Argentina: the Odyssey of the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian Collection
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description Since its formation in the 19th century, the Matthews-Beyens family Egyptian collection has been growing while passing from generation to generation. This sustained growth stopped in the last quarter of the 20th century when the sale of artifacts comprising the collection began, resulting in an increasing dispersion of the primitive heritage. Before the year 2000, some objects of the Egyptian collection were auctioned and sold in antique shops and auctioned in Buenos Aires (Argentina). In 2003, the first sale to a private individual was drawn up and verified by a notary; the purchase included 77 artifacts that were defined then as Ethnographic Art. Most of the objects from this collection are small and include shabtis, statuettes, reliefs, jewelry and ornaments, amulets, scarabs, vases and other cosmetic items, as well as several vessels and pot-tery lamps. Among all these small artifacts, we can find genuine and replica ancient Egyptian items. Considering that all items lack archeological context, their dating has been carried out based on known parallels from other collections, both public and private, and their analysis has been approached by contextualizing them within the collection itself.
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