Tinco Martinus Lycklama à Nijeholt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tinco Martinus Lycklama à Nijeholt

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1837

Place of Birth: Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1900

Profession: orientalist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Tinco Martinus Lycklama à Nijeholt (9 July 1837, Beetsterzwaag - 7 December 1900, Cannes) was a Frisian aristocrat, adventurer, writer and socialite, also considered one of the first Dutch orientalists.
At the age of 28, he took a three-year solitary voyage through Russia, the Caucasus and the Middle East.
Shortly after his return to the Netherlands, he moved to Cannes.
The report of his travels totals over 2,200 pages in four volumes.
Tinco amassed an exceptional collection of oriental paintings and artifacts, which he donated to the city of Cannes in 1877.
This collection is the centerpiece of the modern Musée de la Castre, the municipal museum of Cannes.
Tinco Lycklama remained a citizen of Cannes until his death in 1900 and was a key personality in the fin-de-siècle of the Côte d'Azur.