JACOB VON FALKE
\d͡ʒˈe͡ɪkəb vˈɒn fˈɒlk], \dʒˈeɪkəb vˈɒn fˈɒlk], \dʒ_ˈeɪ_k_ə_b v_ˈɒ_n f_ˈɒ_l_k]\
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A German connoisseur and historian of taste; born in Ratzeburg, June 21, 1825. His administrative capacity has placed many art galleries and repositories of art treasures in Germany and Austria upon a successful basis. His writings, particularly "Knightly Society in the Days of Homage to Womanhood" (1862); "History of Modern Taste" (1866); "Art and Art Study" (1878); "Hellas and Rome" (1879); and "History of Taste in the Middle Ages" (1893), are notable for both learning and judgment. Died 1897.
By Charles Dudley Warner
