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Isaac Dudley Fletcher
Portrait by Carnig Eksergian
BornIsaac Dudley Fletcher
May 13, 1844
Bangor, Maine, U.S.
DiedApril 28, 1917(1917-04-28) (aged 72)
New York, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Industrialist, philanthropist, museum benefactor
Spouse Marie Elizabeth Pickering ​ ​(m. 1864; died 1914)​
Children1

Isaac Dudley Fletcher (May 13, 1844 – April 28, 1917) was an American businessman, art collector and museum benefactor.

Native of Bangor, Maine, he settled in New York in 1865 and was a member of the Lotos and Union League clubs.

He had the mansion built that is called today the Harry F. Sinclair House. He was president of Barrett Manufacturing Company which distributed asphalt and acquired a large art collection which he bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

According to the Frick library, he owned work by "David, Gainsborough, Rembrandt, Reynolds, and Rubens, Alexander H Wyant, Corot and Daubigny". The "work by David" referred to the Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes, which at the time of the bequest in 1917 was still attributed to Jacques-Louis David, but since 1995 has been attributed to Marie-Denise Villers.

Besides the collection itself, the bequest included a large sum of money to start a fund for the purchase of art. According to the 1994 Museum guidebook, several of the paintings listed were purchased through the Fletcher Fund, most notably the Portrait of Juan de Pareja.

Some objects in 1917 bequest

  • Head of Christ Head of Christ
  • Portrait of a Young Woman, Called Miss Sparrow Portrait of a Young Woman, Called Miss Sparrow
  • The Fletcher Mansion The Fletcher Mansion
  • Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes
  • Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys
  • Relief of the Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus Relief of the Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

Some objects purchased through the Fletcher Fund

References

  1. "Archives Directory for the History of Collecting". Research.frick.org. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  2. Burke, Doreen Bolger (1980). Luhrs, Kathleen (ed.). American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 3. Washington, D. C. p. 348. ISBN 0-87099-244-9. Retrieved January 11, 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. "1918 museum bulletin describing the bequeathed collection" (PDF). Metmuseum.org. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  4. "Fletcher, Isaac Dudley, 1844-1917". Research.frick.org. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  5. Montebello, Philippe De (August 28, 1994). The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9780870997105. Retrieved August 28, 2017 – via Google Books.


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