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. Provided by Wikipedia