Richard von Kaufmann (1850–1908) was a German jurist and art collector.

Kaufmann was born in Cologne and became a respected professor and minister of finance. He began to collect art while living in Berlin and donated several works to the new museum began by Wilhelm von Bode. He published a catalog of his collection with help from his friends Bode, Max Friedländer, Friedrich Lippmann and Hugo von Tschudi in 1901.^[1]

Kaufmann died in Charlottenburg and most of his collection was sold.