In his Meaning in the Visual Arts (1955), Erwin Panofsky explains the difference between a connoisseur and an art historian: "The connoisseur might be defined as a laconic art historian, and the art historian as a loquacious connoisseur."
No seu Meaning in the Visual Arts (1955), Erwin Panofsky explica a diferencia entre un connoisseur e un historiador de arte: "O connoisseur pode ser definido como un lacónico historiador de arte e o historiador como un locuaz connoisseur."