Jacques de Caso (born September 28, 1928) is a French-born American historian who specializes in the literature and history of pre-modern art in Europe,[1] principally late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French and German neo-classicism and Romanticism.
De Caso is best known for his fundamental contributions to the history of European sculpture in most of its aspects from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th.
His work has also involved French neo-classical painting (Jacques-Louis David in particular) and thought and theory concerning art in France 1800-1900.
With Jean-Luc Marais he has completed a critical edition of Victor Pavie's newly discovered letters to David d'Angers.
With Petra ten-Doesschate-Chu, he served as editor of the Princeton University Press series in 19th Century Art, Culture & Society.