title: Richard Delbrück
text: # Richard Delbrück
  
  Richard Delbrück (German pronunciation: (listen); 14 July 1875, Jena – 22 August 1957, Bonn) was a German classical archaeologist who specialized in the field of ancient Roman portraiture.
  
  ## Career
  
  In 1899 he graduated from the University of Bonn, where he was a student of Georg Loeschcke. From 1911 to 1915, he was head of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI) in Rome. He was later a professor of classical archaeology at the Universities of Giessen (1922–1928) and Bonn (1928–1940).
  
  ## Selected works
  
  * Hellenistische bauten in Latium – Hellenistic buildings in Latium.
  * Antike Porträts, 1912 – Classical portraiture.
  * Bildnisse römischer kaiser, 1914 – Portraits of Roman emperors.
  * Die Consulardiptychen und verwandte Denkmäler, 1926 – The consular diptych and related monuments.
  * Antike porphyrwerke, 1932 – Ancient porphyry works.
  * Spätantike Kaiserporträts von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs, 1933 – Late ancient Roman Imperial portraits: From Constantine Magnus until the end of the Western Roman Empire.
  * Probleme der Lipsanothek in Brescia, 1952 – treatise on the Lipsanotheca of Brescia.
  