Friedrich Matz (13 October 1843, in
Lübeck – 30 December 1874, in
Berlin) was a German
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
. His nephew, also named Friedrich Matz (1890–1974), was as well a noted archaeologist.
From 1863 he studied
philology and archaeology at the
University of Bonn as a favored student of
Otto Jahn. In 1867 he received his doctorate with a dissertation thesis on
Philostratus, titled ''De Philostratorum in describendis imaginibus fide specimen prius''. Afterwards, he took a study trip to Greece and Italy, during which time, he conducted extensive studies of ancient
sarcophagi. In 1870 he was tasked by the Central Directorate of the
German Archaeological Institute to create a register of ancient sarcophagi. During the same year, he obtained his
habilitation
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at the
University of Göttingen.
[Friedrich Matz]
Catalogus Professorum Halensis[ADB:Matz, Friedrich]
In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language.
It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...
(ADB). Band 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, S. 682 f.
In other research, he investigated ancient statues in England and France, and examined a collection of long-forgotten manuscripts of antiquity belonging to the Duke of
Coburg-Gotha. In 1873 he became an associate professor at the
University of Halle, and during the following year, relocated to the
University of Berlin. He died in Berlin on 30 December 1874, aged 31.
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Selected writings
* ''Sarcofaghi con rappresentanze del mito di Meleagro'', 1869 – Sarcophagi with a representation of the myth of Meleager.
* ''Sui sarcofaghi con rappresentanze delle dodici fatiche di Ercole'', 1869 – Sarcophagi with a representation of the 12 labors of Hercules.
* ''H. Brunns zweite Vertheidigung der Philostratischen Gemälde'', 1870 – Heinrich Brunn's second defense of Philostratus paintings.
* ''Statua di Donna Sedente del Palazzo Barberini'', 1871 – Seated female statue at the Palazzo Barberini.
* ''Der Parthenon herausgegeben von Adolf Michaelis'', 1871 – The Parthenon edition of Adolf Michaelis.
* ''Über eine dem Herzog von Coburg-Gotha gehörige Sammlung alter Handzeichnungen nach Antiken'', 1871 – On the Duke of Coburg-Gotha's collection of old drawings from antiquity.
* ''Mittheilungen über Sammlungen älterer Handzeichnungen nach Antiken'', 1872 – Discourses on collections of older manuscripts from antiquity.
* ''Antike bildwerke in Rom, mit ausschluss der grösseren sammlungen'' (with Friedrich von Duhn
Friedrich von Duhn (17 April 1851 in Lübeck – 5 February 1930 in Heidelberg) was a German Classical archaeologist who taught at the University of Heidelberg, where he headed the Institut für Klassische Archäologie (1879–1920); his most memo ...
; 3 volumes, 1881–82) – Ancient statues in Rome, with the exclusion of the larger collections.Most widely held works by Friedrich Matz
WorldCat Identities
References
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1843 births
1874 deaths
Archaeologists from Lübeck
University of Bonn alumni
Academic staff of the University of Halle
Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin