Ludwig von Herterich[1] (13 October 1856, Ansbach - 25 December 1932, Etzenhausen, today in Dachau) was a German painter and art teacher.

He taught at the Kunstschule Stuttgart and then from 1898 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.

His pupils included Karl Caspar, Maria Caspar-Filser, Leo Delitz [de], Adolf Erbslöh, David Karfunkle, Käthe Kollwitz, Hermann Mühlen (1886-1964), Walter Püttner [de], Julius Seyler, Maria Slavona, and Anton Zilzer.

For his services to art, he was awarded the Order of Maximilian in 1908 and made a life peer.

Herterich was heavily involved along with others in producing the pictorial art for Schloss Wolfsbrunn in the Ore Mountains.