Andreas Linfert

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Grave of the Linfert family (2015)

Andreas Linfert (born May 15, 1942 in Berlin ; † May 21, 1996 in Cologne ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Andreas Linfert grew up in Cologne as the son of culture editor Carl Linfert , received his doctorate in Freiburg in 1965 and received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute in 1967/68 . He worked in Freiburg, Berlin and Athens until he became an assistant at the University of Cologne in 1974 and completed his habilitation there in 1974. From 1976 he was an extraordinary professor of classical archeology in Cologne and a full professor from 1982. The focus of Linfert's activity was the history of ancient art, especially sculpture, as well as wall painting.

Linfert was buried in the family grave in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hallway 88).

Fonts

  • From Polyklet to Lysipp. Polyklets school and its relationship with Skopas of Paros . Gießen 1966. 2nd edition Cologne 1969.
  • Roman wall painting in the northwestern provinces . Roman-Germanic Museum, Cologne 1975.
  • Art centers of the Hellenistic period. Studies on female figures in clothing . Wiesbaden, Steiner 1976, ISBN 3-515-02161-2 .
  • The ancient sculptures of the Musée Municipal of Château-Gontier . Zabern, Mainz 1992, ISBN 3-8053-1256-3 .

literature

  • Hellenistic groups. Commemorative letter for Andreas Linfert . Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2536-3 (Writings of the Liebieghaus - Museum of old plastic - Frankfurt am Main).

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personal data
SURNAME Linfert, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1996
Place of death Cologne