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Matz, Friedrich (1843-1874)

    Full Name: Matz, Friedrich

    Other Names:

    • Friedrich Matz der Ältere

    Gender: male

    Date Born: 1843

    Date Died: 1874

    Home Country/ies: Germany

    Subject Area(s): archaeology, funerary arts, sarcophagi (coffins), and sculpture (visual works)

    Institution(s): Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn


    Overview

    German archaeologist and art historian of sarcophogial sculpture. Matz was the uncle of Friedrich Matz (1890-1974), the German authority on Mycenae.


    Selected Bibliography

    Duhn, Friedrich Karl von, edited. Antike Bildwerke in Rom: mit Ausschluss der grösseren Sammlungen. 3 vols. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1881-83; and Robert, Carl. Die Antiken Sarkophag-Reliefs. Berlin: G. Grote, 1880-1889




    Contributors: Lee Sorensen


    Citation

    Lee Sorensen. "Matz, Friedrich (1843-1874)." Dictionary of Art Historians (website). https://arthistorians.info/matzf1843/.


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