Isaac Dudley Fletcher

Isaac Dudley Fletcher
Portrait by Carnig Eksergian
Born 1844
Died 28 April 1917
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Marie Elizabeth Pickering[1]

Isaac Dudley Fletcher (1844 – 1917) was a US businessman, art collector and museum benefactor.

He had the mansion built that is called today the Harry F. Sinclair House. He was president of Barrett Manufacturing Company and acquired a large art collection which he bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2]

According to the Frick library, he owned work by "David, Gainsborough, Rembrandt, Reynolds, and Rubens, Alexander H Wyant, Corot and Daubigny".[3] 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.[4]

Some objects in 1917 bequest

Some objects purchased through the Fletcher Fund

References

  1. ↑ "Archives Directory for the History of Collecting". Research.frick.org. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "1918 museum bulletin describing the bequeathed collection" (PDF). Metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Fletcher, Isaac Dudley, 1844-1917". Research.frick.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  4. ↑ Montebello, Philippe De (28 August 1994). "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 28 August 2017 – via Google Books.


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