Fredrik Robert Martin
Swedish orientalist and art collector
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| Intro | Swedish orientalist and art collector | |
| Places | Sweden | |
| was | Historian Cultural historian Art collector Orientalist | |
| Work field | Academia Arts Social science | |
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| Birth | 8 May 1868, Jakob and Johannes parish, Sweden | |
| Death | 19 April 1933Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt (aged 64 years) | |
| Star sign | Taurus |
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Biography
Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933) was a Swedish diplomat, scholar, collector, art historian, and author. He worked as a dragoman (interpreter) at the Swedish diplomatic mission in Constantinople.
Being a dedicated collector, Martin documented his journeys in a number of acclaimed books, specifically the miniature painting and painters of Persia, India and Turkey, from the 8th to the 18th century.
Works
- Moderne Keramik von Centralasien (1897)
- Morgenländische Stoffe (1897)
- Dänische Silberschätze aus der Zeit Christians IV aufbewahrt in der Kaiserlichen Schatzkammer zu Moskau (1900)
- Die persischen Prachtstoffe im Schlosse Rosenborg in Kopenhagen (1901)
- A history of oriental carpets before 1800 (1908)
- Sett, hört och känt : skisser från Turkiet, Ryssland, Italien och andra land (1933)