Caspar Reuvens
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Caspar Jacob Christiaan Reuvens was a Dutch historian and archaeologist. He was the founding director of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden, the world's first ever professor of archaeology, and co
Professor Caspar J.C. Reuvens
Caspar Jacob Christian Reuvens
Papenbroek Collection
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The Papenbroek Collection is one of the largest 18th-century Dutch art collections. After the death of its owner, Gerard van Papenbroek, the antiquities were bequeathed to Leiden University. These ant
Caspar Reuvens
…appointment came the directorship of the archaeological cabinet of Leiden University. This collection of antiquities consisted of the inheritance of the Papenbroek Collection which came into the university's possession in 1743. Immediately upon starting his teachings in Leiden, Reuvens boldly requested a new building for the…
Lubbert Gerritsz. Yserman, one of the paintings in the collection
G. Hofstede van Essen, View on the ruins of Palmyra, 1693.