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Max Jakob Friedländer

1867 - 1958

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Max Jakob Friedländer (5 July 1867 in Berlin – 11 October 1958 in Amsterdam) was a German-Jewish museum curator and art historian. He was a specialist in Early Netherlandish painting and the Northern Renaissance, who volunteered at the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin in 1891 under Friedrich Lippmann. On Lippmann's recommendation, Wilhelm von Bode took him on as his assistant in 1896 for the paintings division. He was appointed deputy director of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum (then containing the Berlin State Museums' old master paintings and sculpture) under Bode in 1904 and became director himself from 1924 to 1932, working on his history From Van Eyck to Bruegel and the 14-volume (printed in 16, with supplements) survey Early Netherlandish Painting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Jakob Friedländer is the 322nd most popular historian (down from 279th in 2019), the 3,793rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,451st in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Max Jakob Friedländer ranks 322 out of 561. Before him are Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Christopher Hill, Malchus, Ludwig von Pastor, Walter Burkert, and Ziya Bunyadov. After him are Ibn 'Idhari, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Edwin O. Reischauer, Stepanos Asoghik, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, and Ghazar Parpetsi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Max Jakob Friedländer ranks 104. Before him are Phan Bội Châu, Prince Henri of Orléans, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow, James Quibell, William Speirs Bruce, and Domenico Mezzadri. After him are Ker-Xavier Roussel, George Andrew Reisner, Alfred Kerr, Albert Bassermann, Carmen de Burgos, and Chris Watson. Among people deceased in 1958, Max Jakob Friedländer ranks 102. Before him are Henry Kuttner, Cândido Rondon, Gilbert Walker, Mark Jones, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, and Evgeny Schwartz. After him are Vittorio Ambrosio, Mike Todd, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Karl Arnold, Zoe Akins, and Douglas Hartree.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Jakob Friedländer ranks 3,795 out of 7,253. Before him are Corinna Harfouch (1954), Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1891), Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), Carl Diem (1882), Iwan Bloch (1872), and Erich Bey (1898). After him are Wolfgang Hofmann (1941), Benjamin List (1968), Johann Schweigger (1779), Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766), Johann Georg Halske (1814), and John II, Duke of Cleves (1458).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Max Jakob Friedländer ranks 39. Before him are Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705), Abraham Geiger (1810), Wilhelm von Bode (1845), Ubbo Emmius (1547), Ludwig von Pastor (1854), and Walter Burkert (1931). After him are Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805), Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752), Arno Peters (1916), Kurt Aland (1915), Franz Babinger (1891), and Heinrich Zimmer (1890).

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