Richard von Kaufmann (1850–1908) was a German jurist and art collector. Kaufmann was born in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

and became a respected professor and minister of finance. He began to collect art while living in Berlin and donated several works to the new museum began by

Wilhelm von Bode Wilhelm von Bode (10 December 1845 – 1 March 1929) was a German art historian and museum curator. Born Arnold Wilhelm Bode in Calvörde, and known as Wilhelm Bode for most of his career, he was ennobled in 1913, and thereafter adopted the ar ...

. He published a catalog of his collection with help from his friends Bode, Max Friedländer,

Friedrich Lippmann Friedrich Lippmann (6 October 1838 in Prague – 2 October 1903 in Berlin) was a German art historian and director of the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin State Museums, noted for his work on Dürer, Holbein and Italian ...

and

Hugo von Tschudi Hugo Egidius von Tschudi (7 February 1851 – 23 November 1911) was an Austrian-born Swiss art historian, patron and museum curator. He most notably served as Director of the National Gallery (Berlin) from 1896 to 1908, as well as of the Ba ...

in 1901.Gemälde des XIV-XVI Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung von Richard von Kaufmann
on archive.org Kaufmann died in

Charlottenburg Charlottenburg () is a Boroughs and localities of Berlin, locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a German town law, town in 1705 and named after Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort of Kingdom ...

and most of his collection was sold.

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Jurists from Cologne German art collectors 19th-century art collectors 1850 births 1908 deaths Academic staff of Technische Universität Berlin {{Germany-law-bio-stub