Maria Weigert Brendel

Maria Weigert Brendel (; 18 December 1903–1994) was a German classical archaeologist and art historian specialising in classical art. Brendel fled Nazi Germany in 1939.

Early life and education Lotte Lilli Maria Weigert was born on 18 December 1903 in Berlin, German Empire (present-day, Germany) to a German Jewish family. Brendel's father, Erich Oskar Weigert, was a judge and Director of the Regional Court .

Brendel was educated at a Gymnasium, and was the first girl to attend the school. Brendel was a friend and childhood neighbor of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Whilst writing of her doctoral thesis on the Ludovisi Throne, Brendel's father discovered her relationship and removed her from university. Through her daughter, Brendel was the mother-in-law of the musician and composer Lukas Foss.

Brendel died in 1994 in New York.