Lukas Vischer (collector)

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Lukas Vischer (1780-1840) was an amateur artist, traveler, and collector from Basel, Switzerland. During a nine-year residence in Mexico he assembled a notable collection of ancient Mexican sculptures and ceramics. Vischer's collection eventually formed a significant part of the holdings of the Museum of Cultures Basel (formerly the Ethnographic Museum Basel). It has been called one of the best European collections of pre-Columbian or Mesoamerican artifacts.

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  • Anders, Ferdinand; Margarete Pfister-Burkhalter, Christian F. Feest (1967). Lukas Vischer (1780-1840), Künstler, Reisender, Sammler: Ein Beitrag zur Ethnographie der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika sowie zur Archäologie und Volkskunde Mexikos. Hanover: Kommissionsverlag Münstermann-Druck. OCLC 7070705. 
  • Baer, Gerhard (1990). Altmexikanische Skulpturen der Sammlung Lukas Vischer, Museum für Völkerkunde Basel. Basel: Wepf. ISBN 3859770942. 
  • Bankmann, Ulf; Gerhard Baer (1996). Ancient Mexican Ceramics from the Lukas Vischer Collection, Ethnographic Museum Basel. Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt. ISBN 372450909X. 
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NAME Vischer, Lukas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vischer, Lucas
SHORT DESCRIPTION Swiss traveler and collector
DATE OF BIRTH 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel, Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH 1840
PLACE OF DEATH Switzerland
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