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Aby Warburg was born in Hamburg into the wealthy Warburg family of German Jewish bankers. His ancestors had come to Germany from Italy in the 17th century and settled in the town of Warburg in Westphalia, taking on the town's name as their family name.
The brothers were grandsons of Moses Marcus Warburg. [1] Siegmund George Warburg was of the Alsterufer lines; the five brothers Abraham (Aby) M., Max M., Paul M., Felix M. and Fritz Moritz Warburg were of the Mittelweg line.
Feb 29, 2024 · Aby, born in 1866, supposedly renounced (aged 13) his firstborn rights as heir to the Warburg private bank in exchange for an unlimited book supply from brother Max.
- Boyd Tonkin
Sep 30, 2024 · Warburg, the scion of a wealthy Jewish banking family in Hamburg, elected to train in art history rather than head the bank. As a result of a childhood deal made with his younger brother, Max, the latter would inherit the bank on condition that he purchase any book the former desired.
Warburg was the firstborn son of a prominent Hamburg-Jewish family of bankers. When he was only thirteen years old and already determined to become a scholar, Aby is said to have passed his birthright to his brother Max in exchange for the promise that he would be able to purchase as many books as he needed for his studies.
Born in Hamburg (Grindelviertel), the eldest of seven children. Parents: Charlotte Esther (née Oppenheim) and Moritz Warburg, head of the family-run banking house, M. M. Warburg & Co., founded in 1798
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A famous family legend has it that Aby Warburg, the oldest child of Moritz Warburg (1838–1910) and the expected heir to the family’s banking house, M. M. Warburg & Co., formally ceded his primogenitary rights to his younger brother, Max (1867–1946), who pledged in return that he would purchase any book which Aby desired.
