Kurt Weitzmann (March 7, 1904, Kleinalmerode (Witzenhausen, near Kassel) – June 7, 1993, Princeton, New Jersey)[1] was a German turned American art historian who was a leading figure in the study of Late Antique and Byzantine art in particular.
He attended the universities of Münster, Würzburg and Vienna before moving to Princeton in 1935, due to Nazi persecution.
He is well known for the time he spent researching the icons and architecture at Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt.
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