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33: 288: 47:(11 February 1794 – 15 July 1868) was a German art historian. His opinions were greatly respected in England, where he was invited to give evidence before the royal commission inquiring into the condition and future of the 118:
of paintings then in English collections. Although Waagen has been criticised for his "amateurish and erratic expertise" by modern standards, his work was regarded as highly authoritative for the following half-century.
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as adviser in the arranging and naming of the pictures in the imperial collection. On his return, he published a book on the Hermitage collection (Munich, 1864). Among his other publications are some essays on
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Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss., &c., &c
79:. He devoted himself to the study of art, which he pursued in the great European galleries, first in Germany, then in the Netherlands and Italy. 155: 395: 347: 318: 308: 415: 425: 331: 75:), he volunteered for service in the Napoleonic campaign of 1813–14, and on his return attended the lectures at 256: 357:. Translated by Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake, published by J. Murray, 1854, (Original from the New York Public Library) 86:
led in 1832 to his appointment to the directorship of the newly founded Berlin Museum (now vastly expanded as the
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Honorary Free Associates of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Brief biographical guide
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The Economics of Taste, Vol I: The Rise and Fall of Picture Prices 1760-1960
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In 1849 Waagen became a corresponding member, living abroad, of the
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
99: 326:. St Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences. p. 28. 220: 67:, the son of a painter and a nephew and lover of the poet 183: 181: 179: 353:, By Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake, 158:. In 1861, he was elected an honorary associate of the 176: 122:
In 1844, he was appointed professor of art history at
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Index

Gustav Waagen

Ludwig Knaus
National Gallery
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Ludwig Tieck
Jelenia GĂłra
Breslau University
Van Eyck
Berlin State Museums
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
London
Paris
Elizabeth Eastlake
provenance
Berlin University
St Petersburg
Rubens
Mantegna
Signorelli
Royal Institute of the Netherlands
Imperial Academy of Arts
St Petersburg



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Dictionary of Art Historians

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