Max KlingerGerman, 1857–1920Integer Vitae (Opus XIII, Blatt 1)
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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Meanwhile, in the life of Max Klinger
The whole life1898
Meets Elsa Asenijeff
He meets the writer and poet Elsa Asenijeff, who becomes his model, muse and girlfriend for fifteen years; they have a daughter in 1900 but never marry.
1899
A trip to the Pyrenees and Greece for marble
He travels to the Pyrenees and Greece in search of marble for some commissioned works.
1900
Meets Auguste Rodin
In Paris, in a studio, he meets Auguste Rodin.
7 September 1900
Birth of his daughter Désirée
In Paris a daughter, Désirée (1900–1973), is born to Klinger and Elsa Asenijeff; she is raised by a foster mother.
spring 1902
Klinger’s Beethoven at the Vienna Secession
His “Beethoven”, a sculpture of bronze, ivory, alabaster and several marbles, is the centrepiece of the 14th Vienna Secession exhibition, where Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze is visible in an adjoining room and Gustav Mahler is persuaded to transcribe music from the Ninth Symphony for trumpets. The exhibition causes a scandal: the sculpture is dismissed as kitsch and some are offended by a nude Beethoven, while Rodin is reported to have walked past it without comment, later saying it had nothing to do with sculpture.
