Which museum has a bust of Winckelmann by Ferdinand Pettrich?
Guggenheim, New York
Albertinum, Dresden
Uffizi, Florence
Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Answer
The Albertinum, located in Dresden, Germany, houses a bust of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the renowned 18th-century art historian and archaeologist, sculpted by Ferdinand Pettrich. Winckelmann is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern archaeology and art history, pioneering the study of ancient Greek and Roman art, and having a profound influence on subsequent artistic movements such as Neoclassicism.
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