Wilhelm von Bode

Wilhelm von Bode
Wilhelm von Bode c. 1920
Born(1845-12-10)10 December 1845
Calvörde, Duchy of Brunswick
Died1 March 1929(1929-03-01) (aged 83)
Berlin, Prussia
NationalityGerman

Wilhelm von Bode (10 December 1845 – 1 March 1929) was a German art historian and museum curator. Born Arnold Wilhelm Bode in Calvörde, and known as Wilhelm Bode for most of his career, he was ennobled in 1913,[1] and thereafter adopted the aristocratic "von". He was the creator and first curator of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, now called the Bode Museum in his honor, in 1904.

He wrote a number of books, many large and authoritative studies of the art of the Italian Renaissance and the Dutch and Flemish Baroque, but also other subjects.

  1. ^ "Dr. Von Bode Dead; Noted Art Expert". The New York Times. 2 March 1929.