Arthur François Emile van Schendel (18 May 1910, in

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– 6 February 1979, in

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) was a Dutch art historian and museum director. From 1959 to 1975 he was General Director of the

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. Lucette ter Borg,
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, ''

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'', 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2013. He also served two terms as President of the

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(ICOM) from 1965 to 1971. His father

Arthur van Schendel Arthur van Schendel (15 March 1874 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 11 September 1946 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories. One of his best known works is ''Het fregatschip Johanna Maria''. His son Arthur F.E. van Sch ...

was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories.

Publications

* ''Le dessin en Lombardie jusqu’à la fin du XVe siècle'' r Brussel, 1938 & Amsterdam, Breitner, 1939. * ''De restauraties van Rembrandt’s Nachtwacht'' l in: Old Holland, 1947. * ''De schimmen van De Staalmeesters'' l in: Old Holland, 1956.

References

Bibliography

* Vries, de, A.B., Arthur van Schendel (1910-1979), in: The Burlington Magazine, 1979. * Thiel, van P.J.J., All the Paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue, Department of Paintings of the Rijksmuseum, Maarssen, G. Schwartz, 1976.

External links

Arthur Van Schendel in Dictionary of Art Historians
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schendel, Arthur F.E. van 1910 births 1979 deaths People from Ede, Netherlands Dutch art historians Directors of museums in Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Amsterdam