Tancred Borenius

Tancred Borenius (born July 14, 1885, Vyborg, Russia—died Sept. 2, 1948, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Eng.) was a Finnish art historian who had a profound knowledge of Italian painting.

After studying at Helsinki and in Italy, Borenius was appointed in 1914 lecturer and in 1922 professor of art history at University College, London. When Finland became independent, he acted as secretary of the diplomatic mission (1918) and as representative of Finland in London (1919). His works include The Painters of Vicenza (1909), English Primitives (1924), Florentine Frescoes (1930), and English Painting in the XVIIIth Century (1938).