Early Life, Family and Training Born in the sun-drenched city of Florence on 10 August 1850, Luise Max-Ehrler was the daughter of Theresia Aumüller and kk-lieutenant Franz Ehrler von Erlenburg. Her early years were shaped by a lineage of service and stability, yet the pull of the brush would soon lead her away from the quietude of her birthright. By 1866, she had arrived in Prague, a city that would serve as the first true crucible fo…