Franz von Reber

Franz von Reber (10 November 1834 in Cham, Bavaria – 4 September 1919 in Pöcking) was a German art historian.

After studying at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Free University of Berlin, he went to Rome, and in 1858 established himself as lecturer at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, was appointed professor at the Polytechnicum of Munich in 1863 and director of the Royal Gallery in 1875.

Writings Die Ruinen Roms und der Campagna (2d ed. 1879). Geschichte der Baukunst im Altertums (History of ancient architecture, 1864–67). Kunstgeschichte des Altertums, 1871 ("History of Ancient Art"; Eng. trans. and supplement by Clarke, New York, 1882). Geschichte der neueren deutschen Kunst (History of recent German art, 2d ed. 1884) Kunstgeschichte des Mittelalters, 1886 ("History of mediaeval art", Eng. trans. 1887). Geschichte der Malerei vom Anfang des 14. bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts (History of painting from the beginning of the 14th until the end of the 18th century, 1894).