Biography

Authority on the Italian Renaissance and the head of European painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1977 to 1986. Former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum (1967-73) and the British Museum (1974-76).

Books by Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy

Piero Della Francesca, About 1
Piero Della Francesca, About 1420-1492
2021
Italian Renaissance Sculpture
Italian Renaissance Sculpture
2004
Introduction to Italian Sculpture
Introduction to Italian Sculpture
1997
Introduction to Italian Sculpture Boxset (Introduction to Italian Sculpture)
Introduction to Italian Sculpture Boxset (Introduction to Italian Sculpture)
1996
Italian High Renaissance & Baroque Sculpture (4th ed) (Introduction to Italian Sculpture/John Pope-Hennessy, Vol 3)
Italian High Renaissance & Baroque Sculpture (4th ed) (Introduction to Italian Sculpture/John Pope-Hennessy, Vol 3)
1996
Fra Angelico (Los Grandes Maes
Fra Angelico (Los Grandes Maestros Del Arte Series)
1992
The Piero della Francesca trail
The Piero della Francesca trail
1991
Fra Angelico (Library of the G
Fra Angelico (Library of the Great Masters)
1990
Fra Angelico (The Library of g
Fra Angelico (The Library of great masters)
1989
Berenson, Bernard
Berenson, Bernard
1988
Giovanni di Paolo.
Giovanni di Paolo.
1988
Italian High Renaissance and Baroque sculpture
Italian High Renaissance and Baroque sculpture
1986
Cellini
Cellini
1985
Roger Fry and the Metropolitan
Roger Fry and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1984
Fra Angelico (Library of Great
Fra Angelico (Library of Great Masters Series)
1981
Luca della Robbia
Luca della Robbia
1980
The study and criticism of Italian sculpture
The study and criticism of Italian sculpture
1980
Raphael (The Wrightsman Lectur
Raphael (The Wrightsman Lectures, Delivered Under the Auspices of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts)
1979
Essays on Italian sculpture
Essays on Italian sculpture
1968
The portrait in the Renaissance
The portrait in the Renaissance
1966
The portrait in the Renaissanc
The portrait in the Renaissance (The A. W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts)
1966
Renaissance bronzes from the S
Renaissance bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress collection
1965
[La scultura italiana]
[La scultura italiana]
1964
The Italian plaquette
The Italian plaquette
1964
An introduction to Italian sculpture
An introduction to Italian sculpture
1955
Italian Gothic sculpture
Italian Gothic sculpture
1955
Italian Gothic sculpture (An i
Italian Gothic sculpture (An introduction to Italian sculpture)
1955
Italian Gothic sculpture in th
Italian Gothic sculpture in the Victoria & Albert Museum (Museum monograph)
1955
Samson and a Philistine
Samson and a Philistine
1954
Samson and a Philistine by Gio
Samson and a Philistine by Giovanni Bologna
1954
"A Statuette by Antonio Minell
"A Statuette by Antonio Minelli."
1952
Italian Gothic sculpture in the Victoria & Albert Museum
Italian Gothic sculpture in the Victoria & Albert Museum
1952
Italian gothic sculpture in th
Italian gothic sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum
1952
The Virgin and Child by Agosti
The Virgin and Child by Agostino di Duccio
1952
A lecture on Nicholas Hilliard
A lecture on Nicholas Hilliard
1949
The Virgin with the laughing c
The Virgin with the laughing child
1949
The drawings of Domenichino in
The drawings of Domenichino in the collection of His Majesty the King atWindsor Castle
1948
A Sienese codex of the Divine
A Sienese codex of the Divine comedy
1947
Sandro Botticelli: 'The Nativity', in the National Gallery, London
Sandro Botticelli: 'The Nativity', in the National Gallery, London
1946
Paolo Uccello: The rout of San
Paolo Uccello: The rout of San Romano
1944
"Some Donatello Problems."
"Some Donatello Problems."
Matteo di Giovanni's Assumptio
Matteo di Giovanni's Assumption Altarpiece