The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Lützow, Karl von

LÜTZOW, Karl von, German historian of art: b. Göttingen, 25 Dec. 1832; d. 1897. He assisted Lübke (q.v.) in editing &lsquo;Denkmäler der Kunst,&rsquo; and in 1867 became professor of the Polytechnicum, Munich. He published &lsquo;Munich Antiques&rsquo; (7 vols., 1861-69); &lsquo;Masterpieces of Ecclesiastical Architecture&rsquo; (1862); &lsquo;Monuments of Art,&rsquo; with Lübke (6th ed., 1892); &lsquo;History of German Copperplate and Wood Engraving&rsquo; (1891). He was the founder, in 1866, of the &lsquo;Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst,&rsquo; and edited it till his death.