부산대학교 도서관

(b Towneley Hall, near Burnley, Lancs, Oct 1, 1737; d London, Jan 3, 1805). English collector and antiquary. In the last three decades of the 18th century he formed the most important collection of Classical antiquities in England, representing an important link between the antiquarian milieux of London, Rome, Naples and Paris; with his friend Richard Payne Knight he became an arbiter of taste on all matters concerning the art of Antiquity. He differed from most other English collectors of Antique marbles in that he devoted his life to learning and sought the company of experts. He supplemented his collection of Graeco-Roman marbles by significant collections of antique bronzes, coins, gems, pastes and drawings. Townley inherited huge estates at an early age. His family was Roman Catholic and he was educated in France, at Douai and then in Paris (1753–6). Between 1757 and 1767 he lived the life of a country squire; in 1767–8 he made his first Italian tour. In Rome he began to collect, and developed a serious interest in the Antique, being introduced to Johann Joachim Winckelmann. He bought some pictures, but concentrated on Antique marble sculpture. He formed a special relationship with ...