Roberto Longhi

Roberto Longhi
Longhi in around 1960
Born(1890-12-28)28 December 1890
Alba, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Died3 June 1970(1970-06-03) (aged 79)[1]
Florence, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Turin
Known forScholarship on Caravaggio and Piero della Francesca
SpouseLucia Lopresti
Scientific career
FieldsArt history
PatronsCount Alessandro Contini Bonacossi (1878–1955)
Thesis (1911)
Doctoral advisorPietro Toesca
Notable studentsEvelina Borea, Giovanni Previtali, Luciano Bellosi
WebsiteFondazione di Studi di Storia dell'Arte Roberto Longhi

Roberto Longhi (28 December 1890 – 3 June 1970) was an Italian academic, art historian, and curator. The main subjects of his studies were the painters Caravaggio and Piero della Francesca.[2]

  1. ^ Bloch, Vitale (October 1971). "Obituaries: Roberto Longhi". The Burlington Magazine. 113 (823): 609–612. JSTOR 876766.
  2. ^ Longhi, Roberto Archived 29 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine Dictionary of Art Historians

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