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John Pope-Hennessy

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British art historian and museum director (1913-1994)

United KingdomLived 1913 to 1994 · aged 80
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Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, was a British art historian. Pope-Hennessy was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1967 and 1973, director of the British Museum between 1974 and 1976, and subsequently led the department of European painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until 1988.

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Commemorative plaque in honour of Pope-Hennessy affixed to Palazzo Canigiani, where he lived and died in Florence.Commemorative plaque in honour of Pope-Hennessy affixed to Palazzo Canigiani, where he lived and died in Florence.Pope-Hennessy's grave at the Cimitero degli Allori in Florence.Pope-Hennessy's grave at the Cimitero degli Allori in Florence.

Awards 4

1961Serena Medal
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Fellow of the British Academy

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Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, was a British art historian. Pope-Hennessy was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1967 and 1973, director of the British Museum between 1974 and 1976, and subsequently led the department of European painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until 1988. 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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United Kingdom
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deceased
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Lived 1913 to 1994 · aged 80
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