Robert E. Hecht

Robert E. Hecht (Robert Emmanuel "Bob" Hecht, Jr., born June 3, 1919 in Baltimore, † February 8, 2012 in Paris) was an American art dealer who was involved in the illegal trade in ancient objects.

The heir to the Hecht 's department store group studied at Haverford College until 1941 and then served in World War II as an officer. After the war he spent a year studying at the University of Zurich Classical Archaeology before he went on a scholarship to the American Academy in Rome, Rome ( 1947-1949 ). After he ran in the 50s his company Hesperia in Baltimore, he settled in Rome and became one of the leading antiques dealers. His most famous Purchase was the Euphronioskrater, he sold it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Publications

• A colossal head of Polyphemus. In: Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. 24, 1955, pp. 138-145.
• Some coins of Asia Minor in Boston. In: Numismatic Chronicle. 4, 1964, pp. 159-168.