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Sturla Gudlaugsson (1913 – 1971) was a Danish-born Dutch art historian and director of the RKD and the Mauritshuis in The Hague.

Sturla Gudlaugsson
Born	16 June 1913 Skagen
Died	13 March 1971 (1971-03-14) (aged 57) Rotterdam
Nationality	Denmark

Gudlaugsson was born in Skagen as the son of the Icelandic poet Jonas Gudlaugsson, but his father died when he was three and he grew up in Kleef with his mother's extended Dutch family.[1] He studied in Berlin and worked first there until he felt he needed to leave the Nazi regime and got a job in Denmark. He then worked briefly at the Gemeentelijk museum in The Hague before starting work at the RKD in 1942.

He is best known for his research on Dutch painting iconography, most notably in the works of Jan Steen[2] and Gerard ter Borch.[3]

Gudlaugsson left the RKD to become director of the Mauritshuis in 1970, but he died the next year in Rotterdam.

References

External links

• record in the RKD
• works in WorldCat
• Gudlaugssons in the Dictionary of Art Historians

На других языках

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[de] Sturla Gudlaugsson

Sturla Jonasson Gudlaugsson (* 16. Juni 1913 in Skagen, Dänemark; † 3. März 1971 in Rotterdam) war ein niederländischer Kunsthistoriker und Museumsdirektor.

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- [en] Sturla Gudlaugsson

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