Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker
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Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker (4 November 1753 in Oberkallenberg
in Saxony
- 3 June 1813 in Dresden
) was a German
art historian, numismatist, and author
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in Dresden in 1782. In 1795 he was appointed director of the Dresden Gallery of Antiques, and of the Coin Cabinet, and in 1805 he was also entrusted with the superintendence of the celebrated Green Vault.
He edited the Encomium Moriae of Erasmus , and published the works of Holbein (Berlin, 1781).
Callenberg
Callenberg is a municipality in the district of Zwickau in Saxony in Germany....
in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
- 3 June 1813 in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
) was a German
Germany
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art historian, numismatist, and author
Author
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Biography
He was educated at Leipzig. He became professor at the RitterakademieKnight academy
Knight academies were developed by the German aristocracy in the late seventeenth century to facilitate the ascent of Prussia as a European power. They prepared aristocratic youth for state and military service. It added to the hitherto rudimentary education of the German aristocracy natural...
in Dresden in 1782. In 1795 he was appointed director of the Dresden Gallery of Antiques, and of the Coin Cabinet, and in 1805 he was also entrusted with the superintendence of the celebrated Green Vault.
Works
His chief work was Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen (Handbook for social enjoyment; Leipzig 1791-1814). He was also the author of Erholungen (Recreations; Leipzig 1796-1810), Augusteum, Dresdens antike Denkmäler enthaltend (Augusteum, where Dresden's old monuments are; 1805–1809), with 162 engravings, Zweihundert seltene Münzen des Mittelalters (200 hundred rare coins from the Middle Ages; 1813), and a large number of popular handbooks of art.He edited the Encomium Moriae of Erasmus , and published the works of Holbein (Berlin, 1781).