How to Pronounce Louise Bachofen-Burckhardt
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Oct 08, 1845 Died on 21 Feb 1920 (aged 74)
Swiss philanthropist and documentalist wife of the Swiss anthropologist and antiquarian Johann Jakob Bachofen.
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About Louise Bachofen Burckhardt
- Louise Elisabeth Bachofen-Burckhardt (October 8, 1845 – February 21, 1920) was a Swiss philanthropist and the wife of the anthropologist and antiquarian Johann Jakob Bachofen. She is known for her art collection that she bequeathed to the Kunstmuseum Basel.
- Over 300 paintings were collected during the last decades of her widowed life in order to found an arts museum able to rival the best of Europe.
- She wrote a catalog of her collection that was published in 1907.
