Catharine Lorillard Wolfe

Collector

1828 – 1887

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Who was Catharine Lorillard Wolfe?

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe was an American philanthropist and art collector. Though she gave large amounts of money to institutions such as Grace Episcopal Church and Union College, her most significant gifts were two bequests to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She left her large collection of popular contemporary paintings to the museum, together with $200,000.

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Born
Mar 8, 1828
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Apr 4, 1887

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on July 23, 2013

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