Michael Friedsam

Michael Friedsam
Born	1860
Died	1931
Nationality	United States of America

Col. Michael Friedsam (1860 – 1931) was an American philanthropist of New York City.

He worked for his uncle, Benjamin Altman, and took over his businesses and art foundation after he died. He never married and left a fortune to the city of New York. A large part of his collection was bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and another part to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Today the Brooklyn museum would like to divest some of the works but are restricted by the bequest.

The list of paintings from the MET bequest still in the collection are:

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