Isaac Dudley Fletcher
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Biography
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.
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
Portrait of a Young Woman, Called Miss Sparrow
The Fletcher Mansion
Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes
Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys
Relief of the Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
Some objects purchased through the Fletcher Fund
Portrait of Juan de Pareja
Youth
The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water
Weaving Vase
