Willibald Sauerländer
Willibald Sauerländer | |
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| Born | 29 February 1924 Bad Waldsee, Germany |
| Died | 18 April 2018 (aged 94) Munich, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität |
| Occupation | art historian |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Das gotische Figurenportal in Frankreich: Studien zur Geschichte der französischen Portalskulptur von Chartres West bis zum Reimser Josephsmeister (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Jantzen |
Willibald Sauerländer (29 February 1924 in Bad Waldsee, Württemberg, Germany – 18 April 2018 in Munich, Germany) was a German art historian specializing in Medieval French sculpture. From 1970 to 1989, he was director of the prestigious Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich.