  Lombard (1913) judged that Du Bos’s impact was greatest in Germany. Du Bos was responsible for a move away from a rationalist approach to criticism there as in France. His influence in Germany is found as early as Johann Jakob Breitinger’s Critische Dichtkunst (1740). Subsequently, Baumgarten, Herder, Lessing, Mendelssohn, and Winckelmann either adopted some of Du Bos’s views or argued against them. Lessing translated part of the Critical Reflections into German and was deeply influenced by him. For a study of the relationship between Du Bos and Lessing see Leysaht (1874).