Citation

Risse M, Weiler G. Arch. Kriminol. 2001; 207(1-2): 49-55.

Vernacular Title

Prozessakte Winckelmann (Triest, 1768). Anmerkungen zum Kriminalprozess gegen den

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Giessen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Verlag Schmidt-Romhild)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11304926

Abstract

Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German historian of ancient art and archaeologist, was born on 9 December 1717 in Stendal, a town in Saxony-Anhalt. At the age of 50 he was murdered on 8 June 1768 in a Trieste hotel. The voluminous original record of the criminal proceedings against his murderer, Francesco Arcangeli, was presumed lost for about 150 years. A new edition in the wording of the original text appeared in 1964. This long sought historical document gives cause for forensic-historical reflections under consideration of the autopsy protocol about Winckelmann, which is likewise a historical document. A considerable change of paradigm in comparison to current autopsy protocols is observed with regard to the evaluation of injuries and the circumstances of death.

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