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Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 print view role Scholar/Critic/Expert Collector dates 1865-1959 city Florence other cities Boston, MA; Cambridge, MA; Butrimonys, Lithuania; country Italy sex M historical notes Berenson was an art historian, critic, collector, and teacher; Florence, Italy. First name often spelled Bernhard. He was "discovered" by Isabella Stewart Gardner immediately after his graduation from Harvard. As a patron of the fine arts, Gardner financed Berenson's travels in Italy to collect Italian Renaissance art for the Venetian palazzo she re-created in Boston. Berenson bought Villa I Tatti, his home in Florence, before the Second World War. During the war he and his wife and his personal secretary were exiles in the villa for several years. He lived there until his death where upon he bequeathed it to Harvard University. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:16 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Bernard and Mary Berenson Papers, 1880-2002 (bulk 1880-1959) see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964 see details... The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Ethel Le Vane Correspondence with Bernard Berenson, 1952-1960. see details... Houghton Library Harvard Yard, Harvard University Sylvia Saunders Sprigge papers, circa 1947-1959. see details... Houghton Library Harvard Yard, Harvard University Letters to Margaret Scolari Barr, 1936-1966. see details... Houghton Library Harvard Yard, Harvard University Berenson Family Papers, 1894-1941. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 René Gimpel papers, circa 1890-1966, bulk 1902-1930s see details... Library of Congress Manuscript Division Papers of David E. Finley, 1921-1977. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Isabella Stewart Gardner letters to Bernard Berenson, 1887-1924. see details... Houghton Library Harvard Yard, Harvard University Additional correspondence, 1950-1953. see details... The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Bernard Berenson letters: to Rene Gimpel, 1909-1931. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 August Jaccaci papers, 1889-1935 (bulk 1904-1914). see details... Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Berenson Archive, ca. 1890-present 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... Indiana University The Lilly Library Hannah Whitall Smith Papers, 1817-1987. see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location Robert Lehman papers, ca. 1880s-1977 see details... The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library 10 East 71st Street Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files see details... see also: Berenson, Mary, 1864-1945 «  back