Walter Liedtke
Walter Liedtke | |
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| Born | August 28, 1945 Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | February 3, 2015 (aged 69) Valhalla, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Art historian, writer, curator |
| Years active | 1974–2015 |
Walter Arthur Liedtke, Jr. (August 28, 1945 – February 3, 2015) was an American art historian, writer and Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was known as one of the world's leading scholars of Dutch and Flemish paintings. He died in the 2015 Metro-North Valhalla train crash.