Max KlingerGerman, 1857–1920Exlibris Wilhelm Bode
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
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
Sources
- Albertina: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
- Image: Albertina — Public Domain Mark 1.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Max Klinger
The whole life1889–1893
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.
1892
A founder of the group “XI”
He becomes one of the founders of the group “XI”, made up of eleven artists, which opposes the Association of Berlin Artists.
1894
A member of the Berlin Academy and a trip to Greece
He becomes a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin; the same year he travels via Vienna to Greece and returns through southern Italy to Paris.
1894 · Membership
Academy of Arts, Berlin
1896
Brahms dedicates the “Four Serious Songs” to Klinger
Johannes Brahms dedicates his “Four Serious Songs” (Opus 121) to Klinger a year before the composer’s death; besides Brahms, Klinger, an accomplished pianist, counts the composer Max Reger among his friends.
1896
His father dies
His father, the soap and perfume manufacturer Heinrich Louis Klinger, dies.
