1924 Postcard Mailed to WILHELM KUBITSCHEK Vienna~ETRUSCAN LAMP~Cortona, Italy

Description

Unusual postcard of the famous bronze Etruscan lamp on exhibit in Cortona, Italy sent to famed classical historian Wilhelm Kubitschek in 1924.
Excerpted from Wikipedia:
Wilhelm Kubitschek
(28 June 1858, in
Preßburg
– 2 October 1936, in
Vienna
) was an Austrian classical historian, epigrapher and numismatist.
From 1875 he studied history, epigraphy and archaeology at the University of Vienna, where his teachers included
Otto Hirschfeld
and
Otto Benndorf
. Afterwards, he furthered his education in
Berlin
as a student of
Theodor Mommsen
. From 1881 he taught classes at gymnasiums in
Hollabrunn
and Vienna, and in 1887 qualified as a university lecturer in ancient history. In 1896 he became an associate professor at the
University of Graz
, and during the following year, returned to Vienna as curator of the Imperial Coin Collection at the
Kunsthistorisches Museum
. In Vienna, he also taught classes in
Roman history
, epigraphy and numismatics at the university. In 1916 he succeeded
Eugen Bormann
as a full professor of Roman archaeology and epigraphy.
[1]
[2]
In 1903 he was appointed conservator to the
Zentralkommission für Erforschung und Erhaltung der Kunst- und historischen Denkmale
(Central Commission for the Study and Preservation of Art and Historical Monuments).
[1]
[2]
From 1907 to 1913 he was editor of the periodical
Jahrbuch für Altertumskunde
.
[3]
He was the author of many articles in the
Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
.
He was awarded the
Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society
in 1923.
(End of excerpt)
Divided back, postmarked October(?) 13, 1924 from Cortona, Italy to Vienna, Austria with two Italian stamps.
Inked message and address on back to
D. W. Kubitschek
.
The postcard is in very good condition with minor edge and corner wear.
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