Dictionary of Art Historians

Dragendorff, Hans

Full Name
Dragendorff, Hans
Gender
male
Date Born
1870
Date Died
1941
Place Born
Tartu, Estonia
Place Died
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Home Country
Germany
Subject Area
Antique, the
Classical
Roman (ancient Italian culture or period)
Overview

Specialist in ancient Roman art, particularly the residue of Roman occupation of Germany and Terrasigillita. He was born in Dorpat, Russia, which is present-day Tartu, Estonia. Dragendorff wrote his dissertation under Georg Loeschcke at the university in Bonn. Director of Romans in German Commission of the Deutsche Archäologische Institut (DAI, German Archaeological Institute), 1902-1911, General Secretary of DAI (Berlin) 1911-1922. Professor of Archaeology at the University of Freiburg i.Br., 1922-. Among students inspired by his lectures in Basel were Arnold von Salis.

Selected Bibliography

Westdeutschland zur Römerzeit, 1912. Arretinische Reliefkeramik mit Beschreibung der Sammlung in Tübingen, (published posthumously and edited by Carl Watzinger), 1948.

Sources

Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 179-180.

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