Sir John Pope-Hennessy | |
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Born | John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy 13 December 1913 |
Died | 31 October 1994 | (aged 80)
Resting place | Cimitero degli Allori, Florence, Italy |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Occupation | Art historian |
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Relatives | Sir John Pope Hennessy (grandfather) James Pope-Hennessy (brother) |
Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy CBE FBA FSA (13 December 1913 – 31 October 1994), was a British art historian. Pope-Hennessy was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1967 and 1973, and director of the British Museum between 1974 and 1976. He was a scholar of Italian Renaissance art. Many of his writings, including the tripartite Introduction to Italian Sculpture, and his magnum opus, Donatello: Sculptor, are regarded as classics in the field.
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