August Emil Braun

Braun portraited by an unknown artist, ca. 1840/45

August or Auguste Emil Braun (April 19, 1809, in Gotha, Germany – September 12, 1856, in Rome) was a German archaeologist.

Biography

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Braun initially studied archaeology and philosophy in Göttingen, then continued his education at the University of Munich and in Dresden. In 1833, he accepted Eduard Gerhard's invitation to Berlin, where he made the decision to devote his career to art history.[1]

In the autumn of 1833, he accompanied Gerhard to Rome, where in a short amount of time, he became a librarian, and subsequently secretary to the Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (later the German Archaeological Institute).[2] In Rome he used his contacts in the art market to acquire antiquities and paintings for collectors, and he established a electroplating workshop to create reproductions of ancient and modern works of art.[2][3]

Works

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Notes

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  1. ^ ADB:Braun, Emil @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  2. ^ a b Bubenheimer-Erhart, Friederike (2013). "Braun, Emil". Brill's New Pauly, Supplement I, Volume 6: History of Classical Scholarship. Stuttgart: Brill. doi:10.1163/2214-8647_bnps6_COM_00085.
  3. ^ Google Books The art journal London, Volume 2
  4. ^ * List of publications partly copied from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.

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