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Michaelis Collection

group of paintings donated in 1914, and later 56 paintings donated in 1933 to the municipal art gallery in Cape Town, South Africa (today spread between Cape Town and Pretoria museums)
Organization art_museum Q13035451

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
art museum, art collection[4]
Inception
1920[9]
Owned by
Max Michaelis (1920–1932), Lillian Elizabeth Michaelis (1932–1933)[5][6]
Country
South Africa[3]
Official website
www.iziko.org.za[11]
Part of
South African National Gallery (2001–present)[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -33.923°, 18.420°[10]
Different from
Michaelis selection[13]
Donated by
Lillian Elizabeth Michaelis[12]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Located in the administrative territorial entity
City of Cape Town (1914–present)[2]
Named after
Max Michaelis[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Michaelis Collection en Old Town House
🔖 Identifiers · 6
VIAF cluster ID
128284703
Library of Congress authority ID
nr94018684
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Michaeliscollection.jpg ↗
Described at URL
www.sahistory.org.za
Facebook username
100054662550505
Yale LUX ID
group/b8759e01-6f9b-4b9e-9c0e-dc2291114568

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Summary

Michaelis Collection is an art museum[1].

Body

Ownership

Owners include Max Michaelis[5], an art collector[14], 1852–1932[15], of South Africa[16] and Lillian Elizabeth Michaelis[6], an art collector[17], 1896–1976[18].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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