Marcel Roethlisberger or Röthlisberger (born 1929), is a Swiss art historian and retired professor from the

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. He completed his doctoral thesis on

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in 1955. He married the art historian Biancamaria Bianco in 1962 and was visiting professor to many universities and held positions at various art institutions such as the

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, the

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(in D.C.), and the

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.Marcel Roethlisberger
in the Dictionary of Art Historians

Selected publications

* ''Claude Lorrain: The Paintings''. 2 vols. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1961; * ''Claude Lorrain: the Drawings''. 2 vols. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968; * ''European Drawings from the Kitto Bible: an Exhibition at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery''. San Marino, CA: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1969; * ''Bartholomäus Breenbergh: Handzeichnungen''. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1969; * ''Cavalier Pietro Tempesta and his Time''. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1970; * ''The Claude Lorrain Album in the Norton Simon Inc. Museum of Art''. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971; * Deuchler, Florens, and Luethy, Hans. Schweizer Malerei. Geneva: Skira, 1975, * ''English, Swiss Painting: from the Middle Ages to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century''. New York: Rizzoli, 1976; * "Breenbergh and Laurens Barata", ''Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bulletin'' 23, 1977 * Loche, Renée. L'opera completa di Liotard. Milan; Rizzoli, 1978; * ''Bartholomeus Breenbergh: the Paintings''. New York: de Gruyter, 1981; * Im Licht von Claude Lorrain: Landschaftsmalerei aus drei Jahrhunderten: Haus der Kunst München. Munich:

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, 1983; * ''Abraham Bloemaert and his Sons: Paintings and Prints''. 2 vols. Doornspijk: Davaco, 1993; * Loche, Renée. Liotard. 2 vols. Doornspijk: Davaco, 2008.

References

External links

Books by Marcel Roethlisberger
on the

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