▁grand father ▁a ▁landscape ▁painter . ▁He ▁studied ▁law , ▁history , ▁art ▁history ▁and ▁arch ae ology ▁in ▁Vienna ▁and ▁earned ▁his ▁doctor al ▁degree ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁with ▁a ▁dis sert ation ▁titled ▁Zu ▁D ür ers ▁Akt - ▁und ▁Pro port ions stud ien ▁(" On ▁D ür er ' s ▁studies ▁of ▁n udes ▁and ▁proport ions "). ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁passed ▁with ▁the ▁comment ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" worth ▁every ▁pra ise ▁and ▁corresponds ▁fully ▁to ▁the ▁formal ▁requirements ". ▁We ix lg är t ner ▁was ▁brother - in - law ▁to ▁the ▁famous ▁modern ▁architect ▁Richard ▁Ne ut ra , ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁his ▁junior , ▁whom ▁he ▁ment ored ▁and ▁assist ed ▁in ▁his ▁cultural ▁development . ▁ ▁Career ▁He ▁then ▁began ▁a ▁long ▁career ▁at ▁different ▁museum s ▁in ▁Vienna . ▁From ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁or ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁he ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁print ▁room ▁of ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁National ▁Library , ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁he ▁was ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁Kunst histor isches ▁Museum . ▁From ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁cur ator ▁at ▁the ▁department ▁of ▁pl astic ▁arts ▁and ▁decor ative ▁arts , ▁and ▁between ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁head ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁sec ular ▁and ▁ecc les iast ical ▁collections ▁of ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Tre as ury ▁in