Widener, P. A. B. (Peter Arrell Brown), 1834-1915

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role

Collector

dates

1834-1915

city

Philadelphia

state

PA

sex

M

historical notes

Widener was an art collector and Philadelphia businessman. He served as Philadelphia City Treasurer (1873), founding organizer of U.S. Steel and the American Tobacco Company.

Widener’s collection included paintings by Rembrandt as well as works by then new artists Edouard Manet and Auguste Renoir.

Widener lent the following artwork to the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909:
Winter Scene - Jan van Capelle
Portrait of a Man - Frans Hals
Isabella Coymans- Frans Hals
Woman and Child in Courtyard - Pieter de Hooch
The Bedroom - Pieter de Hooch
The Cottage Dooryard - Adriaen van Ostade
The Halt - Isack van Ostade
Saskia - Rembrandt
Portrait of Himself - Rembrandt
A Philosopher - Rembrandt
Winter near Haarlem - Salomon van Ruysdael
The Dancing Couple - Jan Steen
The Merrymakers - Jan Steen

decades
of activity

1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910

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03/22/2024 12:09:29

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	August Jaccaci papers, 1889-1935 (bulk 1904-1914).	see details...
University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections	P. A. B. Widener Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1912.	see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Residence for PAB Widener Esq Ashbourne PA.	see details...
Widener University Archives Wolfgram Memorial Library	Widener Family History	see details...
Hagley Museum and Library Manuscripts & Archives Dept.	Philadelphia Electric Company Records, 1836-1953 (bulk 1890-1915) [microform].	see details...
Hagley Museum and Library Manuscripts & Archives Dept.	Philadelphia Transportation Company Agency history record.	see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Horace Trumbauer collection, 1898-1947.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971	see details...
Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies	The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives)	see details...
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives Freer\|Sackler, Smithsonian Institution	Correspondence, Palmer, Erastus - Widener, P.A.B. 1818-1847	see details...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives	Edwin Atlee Barber Records, 1901-1916	see details...