Alfred Woltmann (18 May 1841 – 6 February 1880) was a

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art historian. He was born at

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, studied at

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and

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, and was appointed

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of art history successively at the Karlsruhe Polytechnicum (1868) and at the universities of

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(1874) and

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(1878). Conjointly with the author he adapted the fifth volume of Schnaase's ''Geschichte der bildenden Künste'' for the second edition (1872), and with Karl Woermann began a ''Geschichte der Malerei'' (1878), completed after his death by his collaborator. Besides his principal work, ''Holbein und seine Zeit'' (second edition, 1873–76), he wrote: * ''Die deutsche Kunst und Die Reformation'' (second edition, 1871) * ''Die Baugeschichte Berlins'' (1872) * ''Geschichte der deutschen Kunst in Elsass'' (1876) * ''Die deutsche Kunst in Prag'' (1877) * ''Aus vier Jahrhunderten niederländischdeutscher Kunstgeschichte'' (1878)

References

* Lubomír Slavíček (ed.), Slovník historiků umění, výtvarných kritiků, teoretiků a publicistů v českých zemích a jejich spolupracovníků z příbuzných oborů (asi 1800–2008), Sv. 2, p. 1687–1688, Academia Praha 2016, * * Johannes E. S. Schmidt: ''Die Französische Domschule und das Französische Gymnasium zu Berlin. Schülererinnerungen 1848-1861.'' ed. Rüdiger R. E. Fock. Verlag Dr. Kovac, Hamburg 2008, .
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