The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Zahn, Johann Karl Wilhelm

ZAHN, Johann Karl Wilhelm, German architect, painter and art critic: b. Rodenberg, Schaumburg, 21 Aug. 1800; d. Berlin, 22 Aug. 1871. He became professor in the Academy of Arts, Berlin, 1829. He superintended excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii; cast the finest bronzes and silver vases for the Museum Borbonico; and was architect of many fine houses and villas in Pompeiian style in England and America. Author of &lsquo;The Most Beautiful Ornaments and the Most Notable Pictures from Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiæ&rsquo; (1828-30); &lsquo;Ornaments of All Classical Periods of Art&rsquo; (1832-39).