Maria Mogensen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Maria Pouline Mogensen (1882-10-01)1 October 1882 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 31 October 1932(1932-10-31) (aged 50) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupations | |
| Employer | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek |
| Awards | Litteris et Artibus, 1919 |
Maria Pouline Mogensen (1 October 1882 – 31 October 1932) was a Danish curator and Egyptologist.[1] The first Danish female Egyptologist, Mogensen played a major role in the development of the Egyptian collection at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Mogensen was born on 1 October 1882 in Copenhagen to Niels Mogensen (1848–1916), a machinist, and Marie Vilhelmine Emilie Dohn (1857–1882).[1][4] The youngest of three siblings, Mogensen's mother died when she was 3 months old.[2] Mogensen attended gymnasium however, anxiety caused her to leave school without obtaining her studentereksamen.[2]
Mogensen was interested in Egyptology from a young age.[1] In 1906, aged 24, Mogensen attended a lecture in Egyptology by Valdemar Schmidt (1836–1925).[2][3] With encouragement from Schmidt, Mogensen informally attended Schmidt's lectures at the University of Copenhagen during 1906 to 1908.[1][2] Mogensen continued her informal Egyptology education with H.O. Lange from 1908 to 1918.[1]
Career
In 1910, Mogense was employed as Schmidt's assistant at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.[1][5] As Schmidt's assistant Mogensen helped purchase Egyptian antiquities from auctions and from the excavations of Flinders Petrie.[2][5]
In 1919, Mogensen published a French and Swedish-language catalogue of the Nationalmuseums Egyptian Collection.[1] The same year Mogensen received the Litteris et Artibus.[1] Between 1921 and 1922 Mogensen travelled across Egypt.[1]
Following Schmidt's death in 1925, Mogensen was appointed curator in 1926.[2][3] Mogensen played a major role in the development of the Egyptian collection and the use of preservation practices.[1]
On 31 October 1932 Mogensen died in Copenhagen aged 50.[1]
Publications
- Mogensen, Maria (1918). Inscriptions hiéroglyphiques du Musée national de Copenhague (in French). Copenhagen: A.F. Höst.
- Nationalmuseum; Mogensen, Maria (1919). Stèles Égyptiennes Au Musée National De Stockholm (in French). Copenhagen: A.F. Höst. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- Nationalmuseum; Mogensen, Maria (1919). Vägledning i den Egyptiska Samlingen (in Swedish).[1]
- Mogensen, Maria (1921). Le Mastaba égyptien de la Glyptothèque Ny Carlsberg (in French). Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- Mogensen, Maria (1930). Katalog over den ægyptiske Samling på Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek med Album (in Danish).[1]
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek; Mogensen, Maria (1930). La Glyptothèque Ny Carlsberg: la colleciton égyptienne, par Maria Mogensen (in French). Copenhagen: Imprimerie de la cour royale du Danemark, F. Bagge. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
References
- Høgsbro, Kirsten-Elizabeth (22 April 2023). "Maria Mogensen". In Larsen, Jytte (ed.). Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: LEX. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- Sortsøe Søndergaard, Rebecca (2025). "Maria Mogensen, en underlig Dame. Et nyt projekt på Glyptoteket v. Tine Bagh, ph.d., museumsinspektør, Glyptoteket". Faculty of Arts (in Danish). Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- Alm, Andreas (2023). "Valdemar Schmidt and the Foundation of Egyptology in Denmark". In Navratilova, Hana; Gertzen, Thomas L.; De Meyer, Marleen; Dodson, Aidan; Bednarski, Andrew (eds.). Addressing Diversity: Inclusive Histories of Egyptology (PDF). Münster: Zaphon. pp. 31–54. ISBN 978-3-96327-145-8. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- "Marie Pouline Mogensen [Confirmation Record]". Kontraministerialbog; Staden København; 1896–1899 (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Danish National Archives. 3 April 1898.
- "Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek". Artefacts of Excavation: British Excavations in Egypt in 1880–1980. Oxford: The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2026.