Max Lehrs
Max Lehrs (24 June 1855, Berlin – 12 November 1938, Dresden) was a German art historian and long-time director of the Dresden Kupferstichskabinett, 1896–1904, and 1908–24, with the intervening as director in Berlin. He is especially noted for his work on 15th-century German and Dutch engravers, and the numbers from his catalogues are still the most commonly used in modern references for many artists. Lehrs went blind while still writing his works, which were completed with the help of his daughter and his memory, leading to some lapses in late works.
Further reading
- Christoph Schwingenstein (1985), "Lehrs, Max", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 14, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 114–114
- Peter Betthausen, Peter H. Feist, Christiane Fork: Metzler-Kunsthistoriker-Lexikon. Zweihundert Porträts deutschsprachiger Autoren aus vier Jahrhunderten. Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01535-1, pp. 237–239
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External links
- Entry for Max Lehrs on the Dictionary of Art Historians
- Engraving and etching: a handbook for the use of students and print collectors. - full text on Google Books
- Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert - full text on Google Books
- Literature by and about Max Lehrs in the German National Library catalogue
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