Georg Lippold

Georg Lippold (21 February 1885 – 23 July 1954) was a German classical archaeologist born in Mainz.

Lippold succeeded Walther Amelung (1865–1927) as cataloguer of sculptures at the Vatican, publishing in 1936, Die Skulpturen des Vatikanischen Museums.

After the death of archaeologist Paul Arndt in 1937, he took over editorship of Denkmäler griechischer und römischer Sculptur ("Greek and Roman Sculpture"), as well as Griechische und römische Porträts ("Greek and Roman Portraits").

In 1923, he published "Kopien und Umbildungen griechischer Statuen", a comprehensive examination on the "copy system" of ancient Greek statues.

Despite his outspoken opposition to Hitler and National Socialism, Lippold retained his professorship at Erlangen.