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
Lubbert Gerritsz. Yserman, one of the paintings in the collection
G. Hofstede van Essen, View on the ruins of Palmyra, 1693.
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
Papenbroek Collection
…antiquities. Eventually the National Museum of Antiquities would be founded in the early 19th century, and the world's first professor of archaeology, Caspar Reuvens, would transform the 'archaeological cabinet' into a real museum. His collections of portraits and manuscripts were divided between Leiden University…
Professor Caspar J.C. Reuvens
Caspar Jacob Christian Reuvens