Duveen Brothers records 1876-1981 1909-1964

Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934

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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". In business, he was best known as a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. who reorganized and consolidated railroads. In his personal life, he was a great patron of the arts, where among things, he served as the chairman of the Met...

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959

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Bernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book Drawings of the Florentine Painters was an international success. His wife Mary is thought to have had a large hand in some of the writings. Berenson was a major figure in the attribution of Old Masters, at a time when these were attracting new interest by American collectors, and his judgments were widely respected in the art world. Recent research has cast doubt on some...

Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976

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American oil tycoon and art collector Jean Paul Getty was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 15, 1892 to George Franklin Getty (1855-1930) and Sarah Catherine McPherson Risher Getty. Around 1906 the Getty family moved to Los Angeles. J. Paul Getty eventually persuaded his father to shift the focus of the family petroleum business to the Los Angeles basin. Beginning in the early 1930s Getty lived in a house he built next to William Randolph Hearst's on the beach in Santa Monica. During Wo...

Benson, Robert, 1850-1929

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Kann, Maurice

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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000076 Sir Joshua Reynolds was the leading portrait painter of late 18th-century England. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and a founding member of the Literary Club, and was knighted in 1769. He also delivered a series of influential discourses on painting to the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1790. From the description of Papers, 1767-...

Bache, Jules S. (Jules Semon), 1861-1944

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669

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Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam. From the description of Descent from the Cross [printing plate]. [1654] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 425820100 ...

Simon, Norton, 1907-1993

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Romney, George, 1734-1802

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x000203 English painter. From the description of Milton sketchbook [graphic] / George Romney. 1791 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78087218 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to his son, John, 1797 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657308 From the description of Autograph letter...

Duveen, Joseph Duveen, Baron, 1869-1939

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Hals, Frans, 1584?-1666

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Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641

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Wildenstein and Company (New York, N.Y.)

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Art gallery at 647 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of Wildenstein and Company exhibition catalog, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093882 ...

Bellini, Giovanni, -1516

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Hoppner, James, 1758-1810

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Duveen, Henry

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Titian, approximately 1488-1576

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Epithet: painter draughtsman and printmaker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0001c9 Venetian painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Venice, to the Magistrate of [Pieve di] Cadore, 1562 May 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572673 ...

Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis

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Epithet: philanthropist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0002cf ...

David, Gérard, approximately 1460-1523

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Planiscig, Leo, 1887-1952

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Duveen Brothers

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The Duveen Brothers firm, notable art dealers with branches in London, Paris, and New York, were active in the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. Under the guidance of Joseph Duveen, and assisted by art experts, most notably Bernard Berenson, Duveen Brothers monopolized the American art market for five decades. Edward Fowles was president of the firm after Joseph Duveen's death, and served until 1964, when he sold Duveen stock and other property to Norton Simon. From the...

Dreyfus, Gustave, 1837-1914

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Douglas, R. Langton (Robert Langton), 1864-1951

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Epithet: Director, National Gallery, Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x0002fa ...

Memling, Hans, 1430?-1494

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Raeburn, Henry, Sir, 1756-1823

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Scottish portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Viscount Melville, 1823 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616088 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to David Wilkie, 1821 Aug. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616092 Epithet: son of Sir Henry Raeburn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x0000c5 ...

Giorgione, 1477-1511

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Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919

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Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a prominent industrialist and art collector, commissioned architect Thomas Hastings of the firm Carrère & Hastings to design and build his New York residence in 1912. Located at One East 70th Street, the three-story Beaux-Arts mansion featured a 100-foot gallery for his art collection. Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co. and Elsie de Wolfe were selected to furnish the rooms. Frick, along with his wife and daughter, took up residence in the house in November...

Kann, Rodolphe, d. 1905-

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Lotto, Lorenzo, 1480?-1556?

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Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543

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Houdon, Jean-Antoine, 1741-1828

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French sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to "citoyen Bayard", 1795 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269532825 From the description of Letter, 1793 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83030569 Versailles 1741-1828 Paris. From the description of Bust of Benjamin Franklin [object]. ca. 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906565 ...

Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675

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Mellon, Andrew William

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Fowles, Edward

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Swarzenski, Georg, b. 1876.

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Friedländer, Max J., 1867-1958

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German art historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Amsterdam, to Edmund Schilling, [1953 Feb. 16]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752355 Max Jakob Friedländer was a German art historian and museum director, perhaps best known for the eleven-volume Die altniederländische Maleri. He studied in Munich, Florence, and Leipzig, and began a long association with the Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin, in 1896. Widely respected as an author, col...

Birley, Oswald

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Auckland 1880-1952 London. From the description of Portrait of J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943) [painting]. 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906589 ...

Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510

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Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927

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Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927), founder of the Huntington Library, was born in Oneonta, New York. In 1892 he went to San Francisco to work for his uncle, Collis Potter Huntington, who was President of the Southern Pacific Railway Company. After Collis's death in 1900 and Henry's purchase of the Shorb ranch in 1902, Henry moved his business interests to the Los Angeles area, organizing the Pacific Electric Railway Company, the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, and other real estate a...

Bode, Wilhelm ˜vonœ 1845-1929

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German art critic and museum director. From the description of Letter, 1911 April 6, Venice. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81610210 German art critic and Director of the Koenigliche Museen, Berlin. From the description of Letter : Charlottenburg, 1918 May 13. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79598508 ...

Kleinberger Galleries

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Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile Suppl. II British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x000172 American financier. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Ackermann, 1918 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874981 ...

Hainauer, Oscar

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Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1850-1927

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Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd.

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London art dealers; the firm began in 1817, in Manchester. From the description of Records of Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., 1852-1938 [microform]. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78802296 ...

Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660

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Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944

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Lou Henry Hoover served as First Lady from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover. An avid Chinese linguist and geology scholar, she was also the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts. Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. She had shared his interests since they met in a geology lab at Leland Stanford University. She was a fre...

Brockwell, Maurice W., 1869-1958

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Epithet: writer on art British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x000298 ...

Constable, John, 1776-1837

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1833 Mar. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270514181 From the description of Autograph card of admission to the Royal Academy, 1825 Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270511937 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to Dominic Colnaghi, Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270520132 From the description of Autograph card of admission to the Royal Academy, 1820 Jan. 10. ...

Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943

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Art collector and patron; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Joseph E. Widener letter, 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122396942 ...

Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828

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Spanish painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Madrid, to his childhood friend, Don Martín Zapater y Clavería, 1786 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269573806 ...

Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958

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Epithet: art historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x0002d7 Valentiner was a museum director, writer, and art historian. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany. Director, Detroit Institute of Art, 1924-1946, Director-Consultant, Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1946-1954, Director, J. Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica, Calif., 1954, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1955-1958. Editor, Art ...

Stotesbury, Edward Townsend, 1849-1938

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Greco, 1541?-1614

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