# Adolph Goldschmidt

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German Jewish art historian

Not to be confused with [Adolphe Goldschmidt](/source/Adolphe_Goldschmidt).

Portrait of Adolph Goldschmidt (1909), by [Sigmund von Sallwürk](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sigmund_von_Sallw%C3%BCrk&action=edit&redlink=1)

**Adolph Goldschmidt** (15 January 1863 – 5 January 1944) was a [Jewish German](/source/German_Jews) [art historian](/source/Art_historian). He taught at [University of Berlin](/source/University_of_Berlin) from 1892 to 1903, and [University of Halle](/source/University_of_Halle) from 1904 to 1912.[1]

## Biography

He was born on 15 January 1863 in the [Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg](/source/Free_and_Hanseatic_City_of_Hamburg).[1] His family was Jewish and in the banking business.[1] After a short business career he devoted himself (1885) to the study of the history of art at the universities of [Jena](/source/Jena), [Kiel](/source/Kiel), and [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig).[2] He took his degree in 1889 with the dissertation, *Lübecker Malerei und Plastik bis 1530* (English: *Lübeck painting and sculpture until 1530*)*,* the first detailed analysis of the [medieval](/source/Medieval) art of northeast Germany.[2]

After traveling through Germany, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, England, France, and Italy, on the presentation of his work *Der Albanipsalter in Hildesheim und Seine Beziehung zur Symbolischen Kirchenskulptur des 12. Jahrhunderts* (English: *The Albans Psalter in Hildesheim and Its Relationship to the Symbolic Church Sculpture of the 12th Century*) (1895), he became *[Privatdozent](/source/Privatdozent)* at the [University of Berlin](/source/University_of_Berlin). Notable students of Goldschmidt include [Klara Steinweg](/source/Klara_Steinweg).[3]

His work, *Studien zur Geschichte der Sächsischen Skulptur in der Uebergangszeit vom Romanischen zum Gotischen Stil* (English: *Studies on the history of Saxon sculpture in the transition period from the Romanesque to the Gothic style*) (Berlin, 1902) traces the gradual development of German [sculpture](/source/Sculpture) with reference to the period of its florescence in the thirteenth century. His work, *Die Kirchenthür des Heil. Ambrosius in Mailand* (English: *The church door of salvation. Ambrose in Milan*) (1902) for the first time showed the door of the [Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio](/source/Basilica_of_Sant'Ambrogio) in [Milan](/source/Milan) to be a monument of [early Christian art](/source/Early_Christian_art). He also contributed a number of important articles on North-German painting, [Saxon](/source/Saxon_people) sculpture, and early medieval [miniature manuscripts](/source/Illuminated_manuscript) to the *Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft,* *Zeitschrift für Christliche Kunst,* and *Jahrbuch der Kgl. Preussischen Kunstsammlungen.*

Being of Jewish origin, he had to flee [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany). He died in [Basel, Switzerland](/source/Basel%2C_Switzerland) on 5 January 1944, aged 80.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:1_1-2) Hourihane, Colum (2012). [*The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture*](https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ). Oxford University Press. p. 42. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-539536-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-539536-5).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:2_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:2_2-1) Singer, Isidore; Joseph, David. ["Goldschmidt, Adolph"](https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6753-goldschmidt-adolph). *Jewish Encyclopedia*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121024102813/http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6753-goldschmidt-adolph) from the original on 2012-10-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:0_3-0)** Sorensen, Lee (21 February 2018). ["Steinweg, Klara"](https://arthistorians.info/steinwegk). *Dictionary of Art Historians*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180822014720/http://arthistorians.info/steinwegk) from the original on 2018-08-22.

- [Adolph-Goldschmidt-Zentrum zur Erforschung der romanischen Skulptur](http://www.goldschmidt-zentrum.de)

- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Singer, Isidore](/source/Isidore_Singer); et al., eds. (1901–1906). ["Goldschmidt, Adolph"](http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=G&artid=310). *[The Jewish Encyclopedia](/source/The_Jewish_Encyclopedia)*. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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