Michael Friedsam


Col. Michael Friedsam was an American philanthropist of New York City. Friedsam was the former president of B. Altman and Company and one of the premier art collectors in America at that time.
The Friedsam residence located at 44 East 68th Street was built in 1921. The five-story building fashioned in limestone was designed by Frederick Frost, with wrought ironwork by Samuel Yellin. Friedsam's collection contained numerous masterpieces by artists such as Vermeer, Rembrandt, Jan Van Eyck, and Botticelli. After Friedsam's death in 1931, the residence became a top-rated Catholic high school for girls, Dominican Academy. Many of the original architectural elements, including carved marble fireplaces, stained glass windows, and ornate woodwork, are still in place today creating a unique environment for learning.
Friedsam 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:
imagetitlepainterdateaccession numberThe Met url
:d:Q19912838|A Peasant Woman Picking Fleas off a DogAdriaen Brouwer32.100.1
:d:Q19913219|The Brawlcopy after Adriaen Brouwer1700s32.100.2
:d:Q19912837|A Peasant with a BirdAdriaen Brouwer32.100.3
The LacemakerNicolaes Maes165632.100.5
:d:Q19914230|Country House near the WaterJan van Goyen164632.100.6
:d:Q19912266|Portrait of a ManSpanish Painter1700s32.100.7
:d:Q19912042|Frans Hals Copy after Frans Hals1560s32.100.8
:d:Q19905134|The ReaderEglon van der Neer32.100.9
:d:Q19913393|A Young Woman in a Landscapean anonymous Dutch painter163632.100.10
:d:Q19913279|Sports on a Frozen RiverAert van der Neer32.100.11
:d:Q19905182|Barnyard SceneAnthonie van Borssom32.100.12
:d:Q19905278|GrainfieldsJacob van Ruisdael166832.100.14
Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed Pieter de Hooch166732.100.15
:d:Q19913203|Winter SceneStyle of Jan van de Cappelle199032.100.16
The Allegory of FaithJohannes Vermeer167032.100.18
:d:Q19905315|Sentimental ConversationQuirijn van Brekelenkam1660s32.100.19
Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman Aelbert Cuyp32.100.20
The SmokersAdriaen Brouwer32.100.21
:d:Q19911626|BellonaRembrandt163332.100.23
:d:Q19911580|Sebastian Andorfer Hans Maler zu Schwaz151732.100.33
:d:Q3202076|The AnnunciationPetrus Christus1422
1450
32.100.35
:d:Q19912107|Man Weighing GoldAdriaen Isenbrandt32.100.36
:d:Q19912616|Frans Francken I Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens1700s32.100.37
:d:Q19912347|The AnnunciationSouth Netherlandish Painter1500s32.100.38
:d:Q19912348|The NativitySouth Netherlandish Painter146032.100.39
:d:Q19905032|The NativityGerard David32.100.40a
:d:Q19911921|Saint John the Baptist; Saint Francis Receiving the StigmataGerard David1490s32.100.40bc
:d:Q19912088|A Donor Presented by a SaintCircle of Dieric Bouts146032.100.41
:d:Q19906263|Virgin and ChildWorkshop of Peter Paul Rubens32.100.42
Portrait of Francesco d'EsteRogier van der Weyden146032.100.43
:d:Q19905285|The Holy Family with Saint Paul and a DonorStyle of Rogier van der Weyden1500s32.100.44
:d:Q19914277|Portrait of a Young Man of the Van Steynoert FamilyNetherlandish Painter32.100.45
:d:Q19912772|Charles V, Holy Roman Emperoran anonymous Netherlandish painter152032.100.46
:d:Q20166971|Portrait of a WomanQuentin Matsys32.100.47
:d:Q19906240|Portrait of a ManQuentin Matsys152032.100.49
:d:Q19911679|Portrait of a Woman of the Slosgin Family of CologneBarthel Bruyn the Younger155732.100.50
:d:Q19905171|The Rest on the Flight into EgyptFollower of Quentin Metsys154032.100.52
:d:Q19911574|Virgin and ChildAttributed to Simon Bening152032.100.53
:d:Q19911641|Salvator MundiWorkshop of Hans Memling147532.100.54
:d:Q19905117|The Man of SorrowsAelbrecht Bouts32.100.55
:d:Q19911645|Abner's Messenger before David ; The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon; The AnnunciationMaster of the legend of St. Barbara148032.100.56a–d
:d:Q19911535|The Holy FamilyJoos van Cleve32.100.57
:d:Q19905445|Virgin and ChildStyle of Hans Memling1490s32.100.58
:d:Q19911562|Virgin and ChildHans Memling1470s32.100.59
:d:Q19905169|The AnnunciationJoos van Cleve152532.100.60
:d:Q19911597|Portrait of a ManCircle of Lucas Cranach the Elder153732.100.61
:d:Q19912104|Portrait of a ManJan Gossaert32.100.62
:d:Q19905349|Saint Paul with Paolo Pagagnotti; Christ Appearing to His MotherMaster of the legend of St. Ursula32.100.63ab
:d:Q19911432|Salvator MundiAlbrecht Dürer the Elder32.100.64
:d:Q19912424|Portrait of a WomanItalian Painter1600s32.100.66
Portrait of a ManDomenico Ghirlandaio144832.100.67
:d:Q19911500|Portrait of a Young ManBiagio d'Antonio32.100.68
:d:Q20166923|The Story of JosephBiagio d'Antonio32.100.69
:d:Q19905245|Madonna and Child Enthroned with SaintsWorkshop of Bernardo Daddi1400s32.100.70
:d:Q19905424|Selvaggia Sassetti Davide Ghirlandaio1487s32.100.71
:d:Q19912292|Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and FrancisItalian Painter1600s32.100.74
:d:Q20166951|Madonna and Child with SaintsGiovanni di Paolo145432.100.76
:d:Q19912678|The Legend of the Infant Servius TulliusBonifazio Veronese32.100.78
:d:Q19912300|Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels:d:Q18577975|Pseudo-Pier Francesco Fiorentino1500s32.100.79
:d:Q19912339|The Nativity with SaintsRidolfo Ghirlandaio32.100.80
:d:Q20167006|Salome with the Head of Saint John the BaptistAndrea Solari32.100.81
:d:Q19911551|Christ Crowned with ThornsAntonello da Messina32.100.82
:d:Q19911997|Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and MargaretGiovanni di Paolo32.100.83a–d
:d:Q19905219|Madonna and Child with AngelsCosimo Rosselli32.100.84
:d:Q19911880|Doge Andrea Gritti Workshop of Titian1600s32.100.85
:d:Q19912249|Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints James Minor and LucyPaolo Veneziano32.100.87
:d:Q19912738|Portrait of a ManNorth Italian Painter159732.100.88
:d:Q19911693|Head of the MadonnaFranciabigio32.100.89
:d:Q19912979|Madonna and ChildItalian Painter1500s32.100.93
:d:Q19912854|Madonna and Child:d:Q1348628|Ercole Banci1600s32.100.94
:d:Q19911708|The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of SienaGiovanni di Paolo32.100.95
:d:Q19912865|The AnnunciationItalian painter1500s32.100.96
Butler MadonnaAndrea Mantegna146032.100.97
:d:Q19905338|Portrait of a WomanAttributed to Giovanni di Franco1450s32.100.98
:d:Q19913061|Portrait of a Man in Profile? Italian Painter152532.100.99
:d:Q19905343|Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter and Paul and AngelsLippo Vanni32.100.100
:d:Q19914251|Portrait of a ManNorth Italian Painter 32.100.101
:d:Q19911759|The Le Cellier AltarpieceJehan Bellegambe150932.100.102
:d:Q19913038|Jean d'Albon de Saint-André Attributed to Corneille de Lyon1600s32.100.103
:d:Q19913056|Portrait of a Man with a High Hatan anonymous French painter157032.100.104
:d:Q19912265|Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Catherine and JeromeSpanish Painter1500s32.100.105
:d:Q19913058|The Crucifixion, Saint Francis of Assisi; The Resurrection, An Abbot Saint, Possibly Saint Benedictan anonymous northern French painter146032.100.106–7
:d:Q19905422|The Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor; The Legend of Saint Anthony Abbot with a Donor; The AnnunciationNorthern French Painter1500s32.100.108–11
:d:Q19912212|Christ Bearing the CrossNorthern French Painter1500s32.100.112
:d:Q19913194|Portrait of a WidowStyle of Corneille de Lyon1600s32.100.113
:d:Q19912486|Monsieur de BellefourièreFrench Painter152132.100.114
:d:Q19913243|Portrait of a Young Manan anonymous French painter149532.100.115
:d:Q19912558|Portrait of a Man Wearing the Order of the Annunziata of Savoyanonymous French painter1600s32.100.116
:d:Q19905208|Jan, First Count of Egmond; Countess of Egmond North Netherlandish Painter1600s32.100.118, 122
:d:Q19912898|Portrait of a Man in White:d:Q18508546|Monogrammist LAM157432.100.119
:d:Q19911468|Francis I, King of FranceWorkshop of Joos van Cleve1600s
1500s
32.100.120
:d:Q19913365|Portrait of a Manattributed to Corneille de Lyon 1600s32.100.121
:d:Q19912796|Christ among the Doctorsan anonymous Catalan Painter1500s32.100.123
:d:Q19912319|Charles IX, King of FranceStyle of François Clouet156132.100.124
:d:Q19912093|Charles Coguin, Abbot of AnchinJehan Bellegambe32.100.125
:d:Q19906256|Salome Dancing before HerodSpanish Painter1500s32.100.126
:d:Q19912024|The Beheading of Saint John the BaptistSpanish Painter1500s32.100.127
:d:Q19912026|Salome with the Head of Saint John the BaptistSpanish Painter1500s32.100.128
:d:Q19913193|Portrait of a Man with a Gold ChainCorneille de Lyon1600s32.100.129
:d:Q19913234|Portrait of a Man of the Moncheaux Familyan anonymous northern French painter160532.100.130
:d:Q19913039|Portrait of a Man with a Pointed CollarAttributed to Corneille de Lyon1600s32.100.131
:d:Q19905187|Benjamin Franklin Joseph Duplessis177832.100.132
:d:Q19912403|A Village in a ValleyThéodore Rousseau32.100.133
:d:Q19912691|Boatman among the ReedsJean-Baptiste Camille Corot32.100.136
:d:Q19912034|Head of a Young BoyJean-Baptiste Greuze176332.100.137
:d:Q19912853|A Hare, Partridges, and FruitJan Fyt32.100.141
:d:Q19913735|Portrait of a WomanNicholas Hilliard32.100.311