Max KlingerGerman, 1857–1920Die Quelle
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Albertina
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Sep 27, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
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- Image: Albertina — Public Domain Mark 1.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Max Klinger
The whole lifeMarch 1887
Meets Arnold Böcklin
He returns to Berlin, where he meets the Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin and grows spiritually close to him; from September he lives in Leipzig.
1889
Invited to exhibit with Les XX
The members of Les XX (The Twenty) invite Klinger to exhibit his work in their annual winter exhibition in Brussels.
1889–1893
Years in Rome
He settles in Rome and studies the Italian masters: 15th-century artists and works from antiquity are a revelation to him, and he intensifies his studies of anatomy, the nude and the representation of mass and volume — a very productive time. Other accounts say he arrived in Rome already in 1888.
1891
Treatise “Painting and Drawing”
His polemical treatise “Painting and Drawing” (Malerei und Zeichnung), begun in Paris, is published: Klinger asserts a new role for prints and the graphic arts, distinct from painting and best suited to stylistic and conceptual experimentation. The book is a success and appears in Russian in 1908.
1891
Elected a full member of the Munich Academy
He stays in Munich, where he is elected a full member of the Academy of Fine Arts; he then travels to Italy again.
1891 · Membership
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
