Edición de «Benjamin Altman»

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'''Benjamin Altman''' (12 de julio de 1840 - 7 de octubre de 1913) fue un empresario estadounidense de [[Nueva York]]. Es conocido por haber creado la compañía B. Altman en 1865, y sobre todo por ser un gran coleccionista de arte, especialmente del pintor [[Rembrandt]]. Altman llegó a tener una importante colección de pinturas que donó al [[Museo Metropolitano de Arte]]  de Nueva York. 

== Biografía ==
Benjamin Altman procedía de una familia de [[Historia de los judíos en Alemania|judíos de Baviera]] que en 1835 emigraron a los Estados Unidos; abrieron una pequeña tienda en Nueva York, en Attorney Street. Después de trabajar en la tienda de mercaderías de su padre, Altman se estableció por su cuenta. En 1865, fundó la empresa B. Altman & Co., una tienda de telas situada en la Tercera Avenida junto a la calle 10 en Nueva York. Con los años la tienda prosperó y se pudo expandir por otros diversos lugares. En 1877, abrió una gran tienda en Sexta Avenida, conocida como el  "Palacio del Comercio" por su arquitectura lujosa. La tienda de Altman fue una de las primeras en tener ropa para diferentes edades y en diferentes secciones.<ref>Abrams, Jeanne. [http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=90 "Benjamin Altman."] A: ''Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present'', vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Historical Institute. Last modified 14 de noviembre de 2013.</ref>

Altman utilizó su riqueza para financiar diversas iniciativas en su ciudad natal. Poco antes de su fallecimiento creó la Fundación Altman, una organización benéfica para dar soporte a las instituciones educativas de la ciudad de Nueva York.

== Colecciones de arte y retratos ==
Benjamin Altman era un ávido coleccionista de pinturas de [[Rembrandt]] y de porcelana oriental, gran parte de las cuales adquirió a través de su amigo, el comerciante de arte Henry J. Duveen. A menudo fue asesorado en sus compras de pintura por [[Max Friedländer]]. La colección de pintura era muy notable por la inclusión de una pintura de [[Vermeer]] y veinte cuadros de Rembrandt, aunque algunos han sido reatribuidos desde entonces. A su muerte, donó la colección al [[Museo Metropolitano de Arte]]. La colección también contiene retratos notables de comerciantes flamencos y alemanes del [[Renacimiento]].<ref>{{cita publicación|apellido=Haskell|nombre=Francis|año=1970|título=The Benjamin Altman Bequest|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/the_benjamin_altman_bequest_the_metropolitan_museum_journal_v_3_1970|publicación=Metropolitan Museum Journal.  Volumen 3|fechaacceso=7 de junio de 2017}}</ref>

=== Pinturas en el legado de Benjamin Altman, 1913 ===
{| class='wikitable sortable' style='width:100%'
!Imagen
!Título
!Artista
!Fecha
!Nº de inventarrio
! url del MET
|-
| [[File:Man with a Steel Gorget MET DP146472.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911900|Man with a Steel Gorget]]''
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anónimo]]''
| 1648
| 14.40.601
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437411 MET]
|-
| [[File:Young Man and Woman in an Inn ("Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart") MET DP145899.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Yonker Ramp and his sweetheart]]
| [[Frans Hals]]
| 1623
| 14.40.602
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436616 MET]
|-
| [[File:Old Woman in an Armchair MET DP146473.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905253|Old Woman in an Armchair]]''
| [[Jacob Adriaensz. Backer]]
| 1640
| 14.40.603
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435596 MET]
|-
| [[File:Boy with a Lute MET DP145900.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[The Fingernail Test]]
| [[Frans Hals]]<br/>[[Judith Leyster]]
| 1626
| 14.40.604
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436626 MET]
|-
| [[File:Merrymakers at Shrovetide MET DP145901.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Shrovetide Revellers]]
| [[Frans Hals]]
| 1616
| 14.40.605
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436622 MET]
|-
| [[File:Saint Justina of Padua MET DT236982.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19912582|Santa Justina de Padua]]''
| [[Bartolomeo Montagna]]
| 
| 14.40.606
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437145 MET]
|-
| [[File:Self-Portrait MET DP145902.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Self-Portrait (Dou, New York)|Autorretrato]]
| [[Gerrit Dou]]
| 1665
| 14.40.607
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436210 MET]
|-
| [[File:Rembrandt's Son Titus (1641–1668) MET DP146443.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905094|Rembrandt's Son Titus]]''
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anonymous]]''<br/>[[Rembrandt]]
| 1680s
| 14.40.608
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437420 MET]
|-
| [[File:Old Woman Cutting Her Nails MET DP146474.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911779|Old Woman Cutting Her Nails]]''
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anonymous]]''<br/>[[Rembrandt]]
| 1650s
| 14.40.609
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437412 MET]
|-
| [[File:Pilate Washing His Hands MET DP145903.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911776|Pilate Washing His Hands]]''
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anonymous]]''<br/>[[Rembrandt]]
| 1660s
| 14.40.610
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437414 MET]
|-
| [[File:A Maid Asleep MET DP355525.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[A Girl Asleep]]
| [[Johannes Vermeer]]
| 1657
| 14.40.611
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437878 MET]
|-
| [[File:Nicolaes Maes - Young Girl peeling Apples.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19912287|Young Woman Peeling Apples]]''
| [[Nicolaes Maes]]
| 1655
| 14.40.612
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436934 MET]
|-
| [[File:Interior with a Young Couple MET DP145906.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Interior with a Young Couple and a Dog|Interior with a Young Couple]]
| [[Pieter de Hooch]]
| 1662
| 14.40.613
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436675 MET]
|-
| [[File:Entrance to a Village MET DP146444.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905167|Entrance to a Village]]''
| [[Meindert Hobbema]]
| 1690s
| 14.40.614
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436652 MET]
|-
| [[File:Portrait of a Woman, Called the Marchesa Durazzo MET ep14.40.615.R.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905250|Portrait of a Woman, Called the Marchesa Durazzo]]''
| [[Anthony van Dyck]]
| 
| 14.40.615
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436255 MET]
|-
| [[File:Young Herdsmen with Cows MET DP146445.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905769|Young Herdsmen with Cows]]''
| [[Aelbert Cuyp]]
| 
| 14.40.616
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436064 MET]
|-
| [[File:A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier MET DP145907.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911961|A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier]]''
| [[Gerard ter Borch]]
| 
| 14.40.617
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435717 MET]
|-
| [[File:Self-Portrait MET DP152808.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Self-Portrait (Rembrandt, Altman)|Self portrait]]
| [[Rembrandt]]
| 1660
| 14.40.618
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437397 MET]
|-
| [[File:Lucas van Uffel (died 1637) MET DT31.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911598|Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)]]''
| [[Anthony van Dyck]]
| 1624s
| 14.40.619
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436253 MET]
|-
| [[File:Portrait of a Man Holding Gloves MET DP120783.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q18589381|Portrait of a man with gloves in hand]]''
| [[Rembrandt]]
| 1648
| 14.40.620
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437401 MET]
|-
| [[File:Man with a Magnifying Glass MET DP145909.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19904868|Man with a Magnifying Glass]]''
| [[Rembrandt]]
| 1660s
| 14.40.621
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437399 MET]
|-
| [[File:Woman with a Pink MET DP145910.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911714|Woman with a Pink]]''
| [[Rembrandt]]
| 1660s
| 14.40.622
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437402 MET]
|-
| [[File:Wheat Fields MET DP145911.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905217|Wheat Fields]]''
| [[Jacob van Ruisdael]]
| 1670
| 14.40.623
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437549 MET]
|-
| [[File:Portrait of a Man ("The Auctioneer") MET DP145912.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905155|Portrait of a Man ("The Auctioneer")]]''
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anonymous]]''<br/>[[Rembrandt]]
| 1658
| 14.40.624
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437406 MET]
|-
| [[File:Rembrandt - Portrait of a woman - MET DP145913.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Oval Portrait of a Woman (Rembrandt, New York)|Portrait of a Woman]]
| [[Rembrandt]]
| 1633
| 14.40.625
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437390 MET]
|-
| [[File:Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456) MET ep14.40.626.AV1.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Retrato de María Portinari]]
| [[Hans Memling]]
| 1470
| 14.40.626–27
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437056 MET]
|-
| [[File:The Crucifixion MET DT258855.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905200|The Crucifixion]]''
| [[Fra Angelico]]
| 
| 14.40.628
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435577 MET]
|-
| [[File:Willem Drost - Young Woman in a Pearl Necklace - MET.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Young Woman in a Pearl Necklace (New York)|Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace]]
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anonymous]]''
| 1654
| 14.40.629
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436212 MET]
|-
| [[File:Ulrich Fugger the Younger (1490–1525) MET DP280794.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911515|Ulrich Fugger (1490–1525)]]''
| [[Hans Maler]]
| 1525
| 14.40.630
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436942 MET]
|-
| [[File:The Supper at Emmaus MET DP120945.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q16025001|The Supper at Emmaus]]''
| [[Diego Velázquez]]
| 
| 14.40.631
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437871 MET]
|-
| [[File:Virgin and Child with Angels MET DT7216.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19906249|Virgin and Child with Angels]]''
| [[Bernard van Orley]]
| 
| 14.40.632
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437229 MET]
|-
| [[File:Virgin and Child with Saint Anne MET DP280846.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q3948737|Virgin and Child with Saint Anne]]''
| [[Albrecht Dürer]]
| 1519
| 14.40.633
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436244 MET]
|-
| [[File:Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara MET DT1465.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine (Memling)|Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine]]
| [[Hans Memling]]
| 1479
| 14.40.634
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437054 MET]
|-
| [[File:Madonna and Child with Angels MET ep14.40.635.bw.R.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19913062|Madonna and Child with Angels]]''
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anonymous]]''
| 1500s
| 14.40.635
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436493 MET]
|-
| [[File:Christ Taking Leave of His Mother MET DT7217.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905246|Christ Taking Leave of His Mother]]''
| [[Gerard David]]
| 
| 14.40.636
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436097 MET]
|-
| [[File:Lady Lee (Margaret Wyatt, born about 1509) MET DP349558.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911441|Lady Lee (Margaret Wyatt, born about 1509)]]''
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anonymous]]''
| 1540s
| 14.40.637
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436665 MET]
|-
| [[File:Federigo Gonzaga (1500–1540) MET DT227639.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911703|Federigo Gonzaga (1500–1540)]]''
| [[Francesco Francia]]
| 1510
| 14.40.638
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436333 MET]
|-
| [[File:Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain MET DP239023.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911409|Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain]]''
| [[Diego Velázquez]]
| 
| 14.40.639
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437873 MET]
|-
| [[File:Portrait of a Man MET DT2774.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[Portrait of a Man (Titian)|Portrait of a Man]]
| [[Tiziano]]
| 1512
| 14.40.640
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437825 MET]
|-
| [[File:Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph and an Angel MET SF 14.40.641.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19906273|Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph and an Angel]]''
| [[Raffaellino del Garbo]]
| 
| 14.40.641
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437368 MET]
|-
| [[File:Sandro Botticelli 019.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[The Last Communion of Saint Jerome]]
| [[Sandro Botticelli]]
| 1495
| 14.40.642
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435728 MET]
|-
| [[File:The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen MET DP213852.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q3842383|The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen]]''
| [[Andrea Mantegna]]
| 1495
| 14.40.643
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436967 MET]
|-
| [[File:Portrait of a Man MET ep14.40.644.bw.R.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905059|Portrait of a Man]]''
| [[Dieric Bouts]]
| 1470
| 14.40.644
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435761 MET]
|-
| [[File:Portrait of a Young Man MET DP120669.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911579|Portrait of a Young Man]]''
| [[Antonello da Messina]]
| 
| 14.40.645
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435581 MET]
|-
| [[File:Elizabeth, Lady Rich, after Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19911462|Lady Rich (Elizabeth Jenks, died 1558)]]''
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anonymous]]''
| 1540
| 14.40.646
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436669 MET]
|-
| [[File:Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, 1470s Metropolitan Museum N-Y.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19905341|Madonna and Child]]''
| ''[[:d:Q4233718|anonymous]]''<br>[[Andrea del Verrocchio]]
| 1470
| 14.40.647
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437892 MET]
|-
| [[File:Portrait of an Old Man MET DP336526.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q13562917|Portrait of an old man]]''
| [[Hans Memling]]
| 1475
| 14.40.648
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437055 MET]
|-
| [[File:Portrait of a Young Man MET DP233547.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q20166964|Portrait of a Young Man]]''
| [[Cosimo Tura]]
| 
| 14.40.649
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437851 MET]
|-
| [[File:Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan MET DT5147.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19904807|Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto]]''
| [[Tiziano]]
| 
| 14.40.650
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437823 MET]
|-
| [[File:The Toilet of Bathsheba MET DP145915.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19863030|Bathsheba at her Toilette]]''
| [[Rembrandt]]
| 1643
| 14.40.651
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437393 MET]
|-
| [[File:Changing Pasture MET DT1987.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19912563|Changing Pasture]]''
| [[Anton Mauve]]
| 
| 14.40.810
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437040 MET]
|-
| [[File:Corot - The Ferryman.jpg|center|128px]]
| [[The Ferryman (play)|The Ferryman]]
| [[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]]
| 1865s
| 14.40.811
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435969 MET]
|-
| [[File:Twilight MET ep14.40.812.bw.R.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19914258|Twilight]]''
| [[Anton Mauve]]
| 
| 14.40.812
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437044 MET]
|-
| [[File:A Pond in Picardy MET ep14.40.813.bw.R.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19913196|A Pond in Picardy]]''
| [[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]]
| 
| 14.40.813
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435979 MET]
|-
| [[File:A Path among the Rocks MET DT240033.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19912615|A Path among the Rocks]]''
| [[Théodore Rousseau]]
| 
| 14.40.814
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437517 MET]
|-
| [[File:The Banks of the Oise MET ep14.40.815.bw.R.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q20168365|The Banks of the Oise]]''
| [[Charles-François Daubigny]]
| 1863
| 14.40.815
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436080 MET]
|-
| [[File:The Return to the Fold MET ep14.40.816.bw.R.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19912765|The Return to the Fold]]''
| [[Anton Mauve]]
| 
| 14.40.816
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437042 MET]
|-
| [[File:A Lane through the Trees MET DP332562.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q20168308|A Lane through the Trees]]''
| [[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]]
| 
| 14.40.817
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435975 MET]
|-
| [[File:A River Landscape with Storks MET EP1038.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q20168357|A River Landscape with Storks]]''
| [[Charles-François Daubigny]]
| 1864
| 14.40.818
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436083 MET]
|-
| [[File:The Edge of the Woods MET ep14.40.819.bw.R.jpg|center|128px]]
| ''[[:d:Q19913227|The Edge of the Woods]]''
| [[Narcisse-Virgile Díaz de la Peña]]
| 1872
| 14.40.819
| [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436193 MET]
|}

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