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 ‘The Most Beautiful Ornaments and the Most Notable Pictures from Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiæ’ (1828-30); ‘Ornaments of All Classical Periods of Art’ (1832-39).