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Jakob Linckh (1786 or 14 November 1787Ludwig von Buerkel, ''Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden kunst'', vol. 12, Prestel Verlag, 1970, page 137. VIAF: "Linckh, Jakob 1787-1841" – 1841) was a German painter and archaeologist, born in Cannstatt.
In 1810–11, he accompanied
Jakob Linckh (1786 or 14 November 1787Ludwig von Buerkel, ''Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden kunst'', vol. 12, Prestel Verlag, 1970, page 137. VIAF: "Linckh, Jakob 1787-1841" – 1841) was a German painter and archaeologist, born in Cannstatt.
In 1810–11, he accompanied Charles Robert Cockerell
Charles Robert Cockerell (27 April 1788 – 17 September 1863) was an England, English architect, archaeologist, and writer. He studied architecture under Robert Smirke (architect), Robert Smirke. He went on an extended Grand Tour lasting sev ...
, John Foster, Carl Haller von Hallerstein and Otto Magnus von Stackelberg on their expeditions to the temples of Aphaia
Aphaia (, ''Aphaía'') was a Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf.
Cult and worship
She originated as early as the 14th century BCE as a local deity associated wi ...
on Aegina
Aegina (; ; ) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina (mythology), Aegina, the mother of the mythological hero Aeacus, who was born on the island and became its king.
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and of Apollo
Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, mu ...
at Bassae, looting both temples. On this trip he also drew a plan of the ancient theatre at Eretria
Eretria (; , , , , literally 'city of the rowers') is a town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important Greek polis in the 6th and 5th century BC, mentioned by many famous writers ...
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1780s births 1841 deaths Year of birth uncertain 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Archaeologists from Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-painter-stub