Brimmer, Martin, 1829-1896
type Collector
dates 1829-1896
city Boston
stateMA
sex M
history Brimmer was a collector and first president of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Sarah Wyman Whitman was a Boston painter and patron of the arts, born in Baltimore in 1842. She died in Boston in 1904.

According to The Art Treasures of America, Brimmer owned works by J. Constable, J. S. Copley, N. Diaz, Agnolo Di. Donnino, F. Duveneck, J. L. Hamon, W. M. Hunt, H. Leroux, G. Michel, J. F. Millet, Gilbert Stuart, and F. Zuccarelli.
decades1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
1890-1900
1890-1900
updated 03/22/2024 12:09:28
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Repository Description Links
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Martin Brimmer letters, 1880-1896. see details...
Harvard University Archives
Pusey Library, Harvard Yard
Papers of Martin Brimmer. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Isabella Stewart Gardner papers, 1760-1956. see details...
Harvard University Archives
Pusey Library, Harvard Yard
Letter from M. Brimmer to E.W. Hooper, 1894 August 22. see details...