Bernardino Drovetti

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Bernardino Drovetti was a 19th-century Italian diplomat and antiquities collector known for amassing major collections of Egyptian artifacts that were sold to European museums.

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instanceOf Italian diplomat
antiquities collector
human
activeInPeriod Napoleonic era
early 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1776-01-07
dateOfDeath 1852-03-05
describedAs controversial figure in the history of Egyptology
employer France NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED
familyName Drovetti NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Egyptian antiquities
Egyptology
givenName Bernardino NERFINISHED
hasCollectionNamedAfter Drovetti collection (Egyptian Museum of Berlin) NERFINISHED
Drovetti collection (Louvre Museum) NERFINISHED
Drovetti collection (Museo Egizio, Turin) NERFINISHED
knownFor amassing large collections of Egyptian artifacts
supplying major European museums with Egyptian antiquities
languageSpoken French
Italian
militaryRank officer in the French army
movement European Egyptomania
name Bernardino Drovetti NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Italian
notableWork Drovetti collection of Egyptian antiquities for the Egyptian Museum of Berlin NERFINISHED
Drovetti collection of Egyptian antiquities for the Louvre NERFINISHED
Drovetti collection of Egyptian antiquities for the Museo Egizio in Turin NERFINISHED
occupation antiquarian
art collector
diplomat
participantIn Napoleonic campaigns in Egypt NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Barbania NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED
Piedmont NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED
Turin NERFINISHED
positionHeld French consul-general in Egypt
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Cairo NERFINISHED
Turin NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cairo NERFINISHED
Egypt NERFINISHED

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Turin King List acquiredBy Bernardino Drovetti