Catharine Lorillard Wolfe
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe | |
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Portrait of Wolfe by Cabanel, 1876 | |
| Born | March 8, 1828 |
| Died | April 4, 1887 (aged 59) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York |
| Parent(s) | John David Wolfe Dorothea Lorillard |
| Relatives | Pierre Lorillard II (grandfather) Pierre Lorillard III (uncle) George Bruce (uncle) |
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (8 March 1828 – 4 April 1887) 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.