Almagià and the Steinhardt Collection

Etruscan terracotta panels placed on 1993 newspaper 

The papers listed the material from the Steinhardt collection that is due to be 'surrendered' includes objects that had been handled by Edoardo Almagià.  

The items include:

• Four Etruscan terracotta panels (p. 48). Apparently surfaced in 1993 (newspaper in photograph); purchased by Steinhardt for $155,000 in August 2001. 
• An Etruscan terracotta antefix with Maenad, from Cerveteri (pp. 48–49). Purchased from a tombarolo for $2,000; purchased by Steinhardt for $10,000 in August 2001.
• Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos in the shape of a helmeted head (pp. 49–50). Purchased by Steinhardt for $5,000 in November 1998.
• Attic black-figured amphora (p. 50). Purchased from a tombarolo for $6,500, and sold for $13,000; purchased by Steinhardt in 1997.
• Two Archaic Faience Aryballoi (pp. 50–51). Apparently purchased from a tombarolo; purchased by Steinhardt for $12,000 in February 1996.
• Faience Baboon (p. 51). Invoice from February 1996; purchased by Steinhardt for $9,000 in February 1996.

For further objects associated with Almagià:

• Boston MFA [link]
• Cleveland [link]
• Dallas [link]
• Fordham [link]
• Indiana [link]
• Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum [link]
• Princeton [link] [link] [link] [link]
• Tampa [link]