WINCKELMANN, Johann Joachim (1717-1768). Autograph letter signed ('Winckelmann') to his publisher, Georg Konrad Walther, Rome, 8 January 1763, one page, 4to , integral address panel, remnant of seal (neat seal cut affecting one word in date line, and causing loss to lower margin).
WINCKELMANN, Johann Joachim (1717-1768). Autograph letter signed ('Winckelmann') to his publisher, Georg Konrad Walther, Rome, 8 January 1763, one page, 4to , integral address panel, remnant of seal (neat seal cut affecting one word in date line, and causing loss to lower margin). New Year's wishes to his publisher, mentioning his copies Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen (Letter about the Herculanean Discoveries) which are to be sent to him via a friend in Venice to save money, a journey to Naples planned for the spring, and encouraging Walther to proceed with the printing of his major work, the Geschichte der Kunst der Altertums (History of Ancient Art): 'Viel Glück zum Neuen Jahre! Unsere Kupfer werden hoffentl[ich] angelanget seyn. Ich erwarte die mir zugedachte Exemplare des Sendschreibens über Venedig an H. Am[m]an gerichtet, an welchen ich deßhalb geschrieben, u. ihm Anweisung gegeben; wie er dieselbe bis Rom ohne Kosten übermachen könne. Erinnern Sie sich meiner zu Anfang der Fasten, auch nicht ohne Ihrem Vortheile, vorgenommenen Reise nach Neapel, u. bleiben mir gewogen. Eilen Sie mit den Drucke der Geschichte'. Winckelmann had arrived in Rome in 1755, eventually living as librarian in the house of Cardinal Albani; in 1763 he was also prefect of antiquities. His descriptions of the antiquities of Rome and of the excavations of Naples were critical to the reevaluation of ancient art and the initiation of the Neo-Classical movement. The impact of his masterpiece, the Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums , was such that he is considered the father of art history.
WINCKELMANN, Johann Joachim (1717-1768). Autograph letter signed ('Winckelmann') to his publisher, Georg Konrad Walther, Rome, 8 January 1763, one page, 4to , integral address panel, remnant of seal (neat seal cut affecting one word in date line, and causing loss to lower margin).
WINCKELMANN, Johann Joachim (1717-1768). Autograph letter signed ('Winckelmann') to his publisher, Georg Konrad Walther, Rome, 8 January 1763, one page, 4to , integral address panel, remnant of seal (neat seal cut affecting one word in date line, and causing loss to lower margin). New Year's wishes to his publisher, mentioning his copies Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen (Letter about the Herculanean Discoveries) which are to be sent to him via a friend in Venice to save money, a journey to Naples planned for the spring, and encouraging Walther to proceed with the printing of his major work, the Geschichte der Kunst der Altertums (History of Ancient Art): 'Viel Glück zum Neuen Jahre! Unsere Kupfer werden hoffentl[ich] angelanget seyn. Ich erwarte die mir zugedachte Exemplare des Sendschreibens über Venedig an H. Am[m]an gerichtet, an welchen ich deßhalb geschrieben, u. ihm Anweisung gegeben; wie er dieselbe bis Rom ohne Kosten übermachen könne. Erinnern Sie sich meiner zu Anfang der Fasten, auch nicht ohne Ihrem Vortheile, vorgenommenen Reise nach Neapel, u. bleiben mir gewogen. Eilen Sie mit den Drucke der Geschichte'. Winckelmann had arrived in Rome in 1755, eventually living as librarian in the house of Cardinal Albani; in 1763 he was also prefect of antiquities. His descriptions of the antiquities of Rome and of the excavations of Naples were critical to the reevaluation of ancient art and the initiation of the Neo-Classical movement. The impact of his masterpiece, the Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums , was such that he is considered the father of art history.
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