Hans Ost

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Hans Ost (born October 17, 1937 ) is a German art historian .

He studied art history, archeology, philosophy and literary studies in Munich, Zurich and Bonn, where he received his doctorate in 1965 with a dissertation on 19th century German painting. Years of assistant and scholarship followed in Tübingen and at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome. In 1972 he received his habilitation in Bonn with a thesis on Leonardo da Vinci . 1973 Ost became professor for art history at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . Since 1976 he has been a professor at the University of Cologne .

His main research interests are Italian and Flemish modern painting. Hans Ost became known to a wider public through his publication of the alleged forgery of Leonardo's self-portrait in Turin . He is considered a renowned Renaissance forger researcher.

Publications and works

  • Leonardo studies . ISBN 3-11-005727-1
  • Titian Studies . ISBN 3-412-09891-4
  • Titian's Kassel cavalier. A contribution to the courtly portrait under Karl V. Kunsthistorisches Institut of the University of Cologne, 1982. books.google
  • Schiller's relics in memory of Goethe. Friedrich von Schiller in memory of the 200th anniversary of his death - May 10, 2005 . ISBN 3-9807147-6-4
  • Painting and peace diplomacy. Peter Paul Rubens "Adoration of the Magi" , ISBN 3-9807147-4-8
  • Melodrama and painting in the 18th century. Left forever ... , ISBN 3-931691-29-2
  • An Antonio Canova's sketchbook , ISBN 3-8030-4550-9
  • Wrong women. On Flora in the Berlin and on Klytia in the British Museum , ISBN 3-88375-030-1
  • Lambertus Sustris - The portraits of Emperor Charles V in Munich and Vienna , ISBN 3-88375-045-X
  • The Leonardo portrait in the Kgl. Turin library and other forgeries by Giuseppe Bossi . ISBN 3-7861-1299-1
  • L'Art Et La Table . Editions Avanti, 1982
  • Schiller's relics in memory of Goethe , Hanstein Verlag, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-9807147-6-4

literature

  • Rainer Budde (Ed.): Festschrift for Prof. Dr. Hans Ost . Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 63. 2002

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personal data
SURNAME East, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1937