Full Name: Massow, Wilhelm von
Gender: male
Date Born: 1891
Date Died: 1949
Place Born: Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Home Country/ies: Germany
Subject Area(s): Antique, the, Classical, Late Classical, and Roman (ancient Italian culture or period)
Overview
Specialist in late classical Roman art, particularly that found in Roman-occupied Germany. He was born in Posen, Prussia, which is present-day, Poznań, Poland. Curator at the Berlin Museum, 1927-1935, where he oversaw the reconstruction of the Pergamon altar and the Milet market tower. Transferred to the Rheinische Landesmuseum in Trier in 1935 due to political reasons. Removed from his post in 1945 by the Allied occupation forces through denazification proceedings.
Selected Bibliography
Römische Grabmäler der Mosellande und der angrenzenden Gebiete II. 1932.
Sources
Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 256-257.