Wilhelm von Christ [SEP] date of death
Wilhelm von Christ
Wilhelm von Christ (2 August 1831 – 8 February 1906) was a German classical scholar.
Biography.
He was born in Geisenheim in Hesse-Nassau. From 1854 till 1860 he taught in the Maximiliansgymnasium at Munich, and in 1861 was appointed professor of classical philology at the University of Munich.
Work.
His most important works are:
- "Die metrische Ueberlieferung der pindarischen Oden" (1868)
- "Geschichte der griechischen Literatur" (5th ed., 1908
della Mercanzia.
Wilhelm von Bode was the first to date the work to the artist's juvenile phase, in particular to the period of Verrocchio, 1469-1470, which has since been confirmed by other scholars.
Description and style.
The Virgin Mary, with a pensive attitude, is holding the Christ Child on her knees beneath a loggia with columns supporting a semicircular arch with a coffered ceiling, framing the head of the Virgin and following the curved profile of the board. Behind Mary extends a garden with