Gustav Friedrich Waagen

thumb Gustav Friedrich Waagen (February 11, 1794 – July 15, 1868) was a German art historian and academic. In 1831 he was appointed as the Director of the Gallery for Paintings of the Prussian Royal Museum in Berlin; he held this position for the remainder of his life. Quotes First delight, then instruct (original German: de erst erfreuen, dann belehren). From an 1828 proposal "On the Purpose of the Berlin Gallery" (de Über die Aufgabe der Berliner Galerie) written by Waagen and Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Geismeier Irene Gustav Friedrich Waagen: 45 Jahre Museumarbeit Forschungen und Berichte 20 397-419 1980 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3880863?origin=JSTOR-pdf Geismeier's source for this quotation is Stock Friedrich Urkunden zur Vorgeschichte des Berliner Museums Jahrbuch der preussischen Kunstsammlungen 51 1930 205-22 This quotation is occasionally attributed to Wilhelm von Humboldt, which appears to be erroneous; von Humboldt had quoted Schinkel and Waagen in a report. External links Category:Art historians Category:1794 births Category:1868 deaths Category:People from Hamburg