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:

image	title	painter	date	accession number	The Met url
	:d:Q19912838\|A Peasant Woman Picking Fleas off a Dog	Adriaen Brouwer		32.100.1
	:d:Q19913219\|The Brawl	copy after Adriaen Brouwer	1700s	32.100.2
	:d:Q19912837\|A Peasant with a Bird	Adriaen Brouwer		32.100.3
	The Lacemaker	Nicolaes Maes	1656	32.100.5
	:d:Q19914230\|Country House near the Water	Jan van Goyen	1646	32.100.6
	:d:Q19912266\|Portrait of a Man	Spanish Painter	1700s	32.100.7
	:d:Q19912042\|Frans Hals	Copy after Frans Hals	1560s	32.100.8
	:d:Q19905134\|The Reader	Eglon van der Neer		32.100.9
	:d:Q19913393\|A Young Woman in a Landscape	an anonymous Dutch painter	1636	32.100.10
	:d:Q19913279\|Sports on a Frozen River	Aert van der Neer		32.100.11
	:d:Q19905182\|Barnyard Scene	Anthonie van Borssom		32.100.12
	:d:Q19905278\|Grainfields	Jacob van Ruisdael	1668	32.100.14
	Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed	Pieter de Hooch	1667	32.100.15
	:d:Q19913203\|Winter Scene	Style of Jan van de Cappelle	1990	32.100.16
	The Allegory of Faith	Johannes Vermeer	1670	32.100.18
	:d:Q19905315\|Sentimental Conversation	Quirijn van Brekelenkam	1660s	32.100.19
	Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman	Aelbert Cuyp		32.100.20
	The Smokers	Adriaen Brouwer		32.100.21
	:d:Q19911626\|Bellona	Rembrandt	1633	32.100.23
	:d:Q19911580\|Sebastian Andorfer	Hans Maler zu Schwaz	1517	32.100.33
	:d:Q3202076\|The Annunciation	Petrus Christus	1422 1450	32.100.35
	:d:Q19912107\|Man Weighing Gold	Adriaen Isenbrandt		32.100.36
	:d:Q19912616\|Frans Francken I	Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens	1700s	32.100.37
	:d:Q19912347\|The Annunciation	South Netherlandish Painter	1500s	32.100.38
	:d:Q19912348\|The Nativity	South Netherlandish Painter	1460	32.100.39
	:d:Q19905032\|The Nativity	Gerard David		32.100.40a
	:d:Q19911921\|Saint John the Baptist; Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata	Gerard David	1490s	32.100.40bc
	:d:Q19912088\|A Donor Presented by a Saint	Circle of Dieric Bouts	1460	32.100.41
	:d:Q19906263\|Virgin and Child	Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens		32.100.42
	Portrait of Francesco d'Este	Rogier van der Weyden	1460	32.100.43
	:d:Q19905285\|The Holy Family with Saint Paul and a Donor	Style of Rogier van der Weyden	1500s	32.100.44
	:d:Q19914277\|Portrait of a Young Man of the Van Steynoert Family	Netherlandish Painter		32.100.45
	:d:Q19912772\|Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor	an anonymous Netherlandish painter	1520	32.100.46
	:d:Q20166971\|Portrait of a Woman	Quentin Matsys		32.100.47
	:d:Q19906240\|Portrait of a Man	Quentin Matsys	1520	32.100.49
	:d:Q19911679\|Portrait of a Woman of the Slosgin Family of Cologne	Barthel Bruyn the Younger	1557	32.100.50
	:d:Q19905171\|The Rest on the Flight into Egypt	Follower of Quentin Metsys	1540	32.100.52
	:d:Q19911574\|Virgin and Child	Attributed to Simon Bening	1520	32.100.53
	:d:Q19911641\|Salvator Mundi	Workshop of Hans Memling	1475	32.100.54
	:d:Q19905117\|The Man of Sorrows	Aelbrecht Bouts		32.100.55
	:d:Q19911645\|Abner's Messenger before David ; The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon; The Annunciation	Master of the legend of St. Barbara	1480	32.100.56a–d
	:d:Q19911535\|The Holy Family	Joos van Cleve		32.100.57
	:d:Q19905445\|Virgin and Child	Style of Hans Memling	1490s	32.100.58
	:d:Q19911562\|Virgin and Child	Hans Memling	1470s	32.100.59
	:d:Q19905169\|The Annunciation	Joos van Cleve	1525	32.100.60
	:d:Q19911597\|Portrait of a Man	Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	1537	32.100.61
	:d:Q19912104\|Portrait of a Man	Jan Gossaert		32.100.62
	:d:Q19905349\|Saint Paul with Paolo Pagagnotti; Christ Appearing to His Mother	Master of the legend of St. Ursula		32.100.63ab
	:d:Q19911432\|Salvator Mundi	Albrecht Dürer the Elder		32.100.64
	:d:Q19912424\|Portrait of a Woman	Italian Painter	1600s	32.100.66
	Portrait of a Man	Domenico Ghirlandaio	1448	32.100.67
	:d:Q19911500\|Portrait of a Young Man	Biagio d'Antonio		32.100.68
	:d:Q20166923\|The Story of Joseph	Biagio d'Antonio		32.100.69
	:d:Q19905245\|Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints	Workshop of Bernardo Daddi	1400s	32.100.70
	:d:Q19905424\|Selvaggia Sassetti	Davide Ghirlandaio	1487s	32.100.71
	:d:Q19912292\|Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis	Italian Painter	1600s	32.100.74
	:d:Q20166951\|Madonna and Child with Saints	Giovanni di Paolo	1454	32.100.76
	:d:Q19912678\|The Legend of the Infant Servius Tullius	Bonifazio Veronese		32.100.78
	:d:Q19912300\|Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels	:d:Q18577975\|Pseudo-Pier Francesco Fiorentino	1500s	32.100.79
	:d:Q19912339\|The Nativity with Saints	Ridolfo Ghirlandaio		32.100.80
	:d:Q20167006\|Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist	Andrea Solari		32.100.81
	:d:Q19911551\|Christ Crowned with Thorns	Antonello da Messina		32.100.82
	:d:Q19911997\|Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret	Giovanni di Paolo		32.100.83a–d
	:d:Q19905219\|Madonna and Child with Angels	Cosimo Rosselli		32.100.84
	:d:Q19911880\|Doge Andrea Gritti	Workshop of Titian	1600s	32.100.85
	:d:Q19912249\|Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints James Minor and Lucy	Paolo Veneziano		32.100.87
	:d:Q19912738\|Portrait of a Man	North Italian Painter	1597	32.100.88
	:d:Q19911693\|Head of the Madonna	Franciabigio		32.100.89
	:d:Q19912979\|Madonna and Child	Italian Painter	1500s	32.100.93
	:d:Q19912854\|Madonna and Child	:d:Q1348628\|Ercole Banci	1600s	32.100.94
	:d:Q19911708\|The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena	Giovanni di Paolo		32.100.95
	:d:Q19912865\|The Annunciation	Italian painter	1500s	32.100.96
	Butler Madonna	Andrea Mantegna	1460	32.100.97
	:d:Q19905338\|Portrait of a Woman	Attributed to Giovanni di Franco	1450s	32.100.98
	:d:Q19913061\|Portrait of a Man in Profile	? Italian Painter	1525	32.100.99
	:d:Q19905343\|Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter and Paul and Angels	Lippo Vanni		32.100.100
	:d:Q19914251\|Portrait of a Man	North Italian Painter		32.100.101
	:d:Q19911759\|The Le Cellier Altarpiece	Jehan Bellegambe	1509	32.100.102
	:d:Q19913038\|Jean d'Albon de Saint-André	Attributed to Corneille de Lyon	1600s	32.100.103
	:d:Q19913056\|Portrait of a Man with a High Hat	an anonymous French painter	1570	32.100.104
	:d:Q19912265\|Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Catherine and Jerome	Spanish Painter	1500s	32.100.105
	:d:Q19913058\|The Crucifixion, Saint Francis of Assisi; The Resurrection, An Abbot Saint, Possibly Saint Benedict	an anonymous northern French painter	1460	32.100.106–7
	:d:Q19905422\|The Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor; The Legend of Saint Anthony Abbot with a Donor; The Annunciation	Northern French Painter	1500s	32.100.108–11
	:d:Q19912212\|Christ Bearing the Cross	Northern French Painter	1500s	32.100.112
	:d:Q19913194\|Portrait of a Widow	Style of Corneille de Lyon	1600s	32.100.113
	:d:Q19912486\|Monsieur de Bellefourière	French Painter	1521	32.100.114
	:d:Q19913243\|Portrait of a Young Man	an anonymous French painter	1495	32.100.115
	:d:Q19912558\|Portrait of a Man Wearing the Order of the Annunziata of Savoy	anonymous French painter	1600s	32.100.116
	:d:Q19905208\|Jan, First Count of Egmond; Countess of Egmond	North Netherlandish Painter	1600s	32.100.118, 122
	:d:Q19912898\|Portrait of a Man in White	:d:Q18508546\|Monogrammist LAM	1574	32.100.119
	:d:Q19911468\|Francis I, King of France	Workshop of Joos van Cleve	1600s 1500s	32.100.120
	:d:Q19913365\|Portrait of a Man	attributed to Corneille de Lyon	1600s	32.100.121
	:d:Q19912796\|Christ among the Doctors	an anonymous Catalan Painter	1500s	32.100.123
	:d:Q19912319\|Charles IX, King of France	Style of François Clouet	1561	32.100.124
	:d:Q19912093\|Charles Coguin, Abbot of Anchin	Jehan Bellegambe		32.100.125
	:d:Q19906256\|Salome Dancing before Herod	Spanish Painter	1500s	32.100.126
	:d:Q19912024\|The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist	Spanish Painter	1500s	32.100.127
	:d:Q19912026\|Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist	Spanish Painter	1500s	32.100.128
	:d:Q19913193\|Portrait of a Man with a Gold Chain	Corneille de Lyon	1600s	32.100.129
	:d:Q19913234\|Portrait of a Man of the Moncheaux Family	an anonymous northern French painter	1605	32.100.130
	:d:Q19913039\|Portrait of a Man with a Pointed Collar	Attributed to Corneille de Lyon	1600s	32.100.131
	:d:Q19905187\|Benjamin Franklin	Joseph Duplessis	1778	32.100.132
	:d:Q19912403\|A Village in a Valley	Théodore Rousseau		32.100.133
	:d:Q19912691\|Boatman among the Reeds	Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot		32.100.136
	:d:Q19912034\|Head of a Young Boy	Jean-Baptiste Greuze	1763	32.100.137
	:d:Q19912853\|A Hare, Partridges, and Fruit	Jan Fyt		32.100.141
	:d:Q19913735\|Portrait of a Woman	Nicholas Hilliard		32.100.311

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