Henry Gurdon Marquand was an American financier, philanthropist and art collector known for his extensive collection.
John White Alexander, Henry G. Marquand, 1896, in the Princeton University Art Museum
Portrait of Marquand, by John Singer Sargent, 1897
Portrait of his wife, Elizabeth Allen Marquand, by John Singer Sargent, 1887
Marquand's house on Madison Avenue
The Art Collection of Henry Gurdon Marquand was a collection of antiques and paintings owned by Henry Gurdon Marquand, the second president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, until his death in 1902.
Henry Gurdon Marquand
…Henry Gurdon Marquand (April 11, 1819 – February 26, 1902) was an American financier, philanthropist and art collector known for his extensive collection. Marquand was born in New York City on April 11, 1819, not long after the death of his brother Henry Marquand in Havana, Cuba, in October 1818. He was…
Portrait of a Man and a Woman by Filippo Lippi (c. 1440)
The Lamentation by Petrus Christus (c. 1450)
Girl with Cherries, attributed to Marco da Oggiono (c. 1491–95)