Gabriel von Max

Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max (23 August 1840 in Prague, Kingdom of Austria – 24 November 1915 in Munich) was a Prague-born Austrian-German painter, and professor of history painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He was also a collector of anthropological artifacts. His collection included between 60.000 and 80.000 objects from Zoology, Anthropology, Ethology, and Prehistory. The collection is displayed in the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim.