Friedrich Matz (13 October 1843, in

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– 30 December 1874, in

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) was a German

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

. His nephew, also named Friedrich Matz (1890–1974), was as well a noted archaeologist. From 1863 he studied

philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

and archaeology at the

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

as a favored student of

Otto Jahn Otto Jahn (; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen), was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music. Biography After the completion of his university studies at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, ...

. In 1867 he received his doctorate with a dissertation thesis on

Philostratus Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus (; ; 170s – 240s AD), called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. He flourished during the reign of Septimius Severus ...

, titled ''De Philostratorum in describendis imaginibus fide specimen prius''. Afterwards, he took a study trip to Greece and Italy, during which time, he conducted extensive studies of ancient

sarcophagi A sarcophagus (: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek σάρξ ' meaning "flesh", and φ� ...

. In 1870 he was tasked by the Central Directorate of the

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to create a register of ancient sarcophagi. During the same year, he obtained his

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at the

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.Friedrich Matz
Catalogus Professorum HalensisADB:Matz, Friedrich
In:

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(ADB). Band 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, S. 682 f. In other research, he investigated ancient statues in England and France, and examined a collection of long-forgotten manuscripts of antiquity belonging to the Duke of Coburg-Gotha. In 1873 he became an associate professor at the

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, and during the following year, relocated to the

University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

. He died in Berlin on 30 December 1874, aged 31.

Selected writings

* ''Sarcofaghi con rappresentanze del mito di Meleagro'', 1869 – Sarcophagi with a representation of the myth of

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. * ''Sui sarcofaghi con rappresentanze delle dodici fatiche di Ercole'', 1869 – Sarcophagi with a representation of the 12 labors of

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. * ''H. Brunns zweite Vertheidigung der Philostratischen Gemälde'', 1870 –

Heinrich Brunn Heinrich Brunn, since 1882 Ritter von Brunn (23 January 1822, Wörlitz, Anhalt-Dessau – 23 July 1894, Josephstal near Schliersee, Upper Bavaria) was a German archaeologist. He was known for taking a scientific approach in his investigations ...

's second defense of Philostratus paintings. * ''Statua di Donna Sedente del Palazzo Barberini'', 1871 – Seated female statue at the

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. * ''Der Parthenon herausgegeben von Adolf Michaelis'', 1871 – The

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edition of

Adolf Michaelis Adolf Michaelis (22 June 1835 – 12 August 1910) was a German classical scholar, a professor of art history at the University of Strasbourg from 1872, who helped establish the connoisseurship of Ancient Greek sculpture and Roman sculpture on thei ...

. * ''Über eine dem Herzog von Coburg-Gotha gehörige Sammlung alter Handzeichnungen nach Antiken'', 1871 – On the Duke of Coburg-Gotha's collection of old drawings from antiquity. * ''Mittheilungen über Sammlungen älterer Handzeichnungen nach Antiken'', 1872 – Discourses on collections of older manuscripts from antiquity. * ''Antike bildwerke in Rom, mit ausschluss der grösseren sammlungen'' (with Friedrich von Duhn; 3 volumes, 1881–82) – Ancient statues in Rome, with the exclusion of the larger collections.Most widely held works by Friedrich Matz
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Matz, Friedrich 1843 births 1874 deaths Archaeologists from Lübeck University of Bonn alumni Academic staff of the University of Halle Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin