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Held, Julius S. (Julius Samuel), 1905-2002 print view role Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert dates 1905-2002 city Bennington state VT other cities Mosbach, Germany; Heidelberg, Germany; Berlin, Germany; Vienna. Austria; New York, NY; sex M historical notes Julius Samuel Held was a collector, art historian, art advisor. The American art historian Julius Samuel Held (1905-2002) was known for his scholarship in 16th- and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art, and an authority on the works of Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Rembrandt. Educated in pre-war Germany, Held emigrated in 1934 to the United States where he pursued an academic career at Barnard College, Columbia University. Held also lectured and taught at other colleges and art institutions in the United States. Held's wife, the former Ingrid-Marta Pettersson, was an art conservator who died in 1986. decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:23 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Julius S. Held papers, 1918-1999. see details... The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Artist file: Held, Julius S; miscellaneous uncataloged material see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Art historian: Julius S. Held : oral history transcript see details... Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library and Archives Held Family Miscellany. see details... The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library 10 East 71st Street Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files see details... «  back