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Irving Lavin
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Irving Lavin (1927–2019) was an American art historian. He was born in St. Louis and died in Princeton. Lavin was educated at Washington University in St. Louis, New York University, and Harvard University. He worked at the Institute for Advanced Study, Vassar College, and New York University. His professional career began in 1949.
He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Lavin received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He spoke English. He authored 25 works, including *The bozzetti of Gianlorenzo Bernini*, *Bernini & l'unità delle arti visive*, and *The sources of Donatello's pulpits in San Lorenzo*. Other notable publications include *On illusion and allusion in Italian sixteenth-century portrait busts* and *Truth and beauty at the Institute for Advanced Study*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1927
- Works
- 25
Top works
- The bozzetti of Gianlorenzo Bernini
- Bernini & l'unità delle arti visive
- The sources of Donatello's pulpits in San Lorenzo
- On illusion and allusion in Italian sixteenth-century portrait busts
- Truth and beauty at the Institute for Advanced Study
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Occupation
- art historian
- Educated at
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Irving P. Lavin in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study, 2006.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1927-12-14
- date of death
- 2019-02-03
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
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