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Lehman, Philip, 1861-1947 print view role Collector dates 1861-1947 city New York City state NY sex M historical notes Philip Lehman was an art collector, banker and financier. Lehman and his wife, Carrie Lauer Lehman (m. 1885), formed an art collection which included tapestries (Gothic Tapestry "St. Veronica" (previously owned by J P Morgan); "The Last Supper" tapestry from a cartoon by Bernard Van Orley and "Nille Fleurs," a French fifteenth century tapestry) and paintings (El Greco's "The Cavalier"; "The Countess of Altamira and her Daughter" by Goya; Rembrandt's "Portrait of a Man"; an interior with seated cavalier by Peter de Hoog; Crivelli's "Madonna and Child"; Petrus Christus' "The Goldsmith," and "A Portrait of a Man and "An Annunciation," both by Jan Memling). The Lehman’s had two children; Pauline, born about 1887, and Robert, born on September 29, 1891. Lehman’s cousin Herbert H Lehman served as the New York governor. In 1939, Lehman gave the Boston Museum of Art 350 pieces of embroidery lave and weavings in memory of his wife. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:29 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 Historical Collections, Baker Library Bloomberg Center, Harvard Business School Lehman Brothers. Records, 1868-1986 (inclusive) see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location Robert Lehman papers, ca. 1880s-1977 see details... see also: Lehman, Robert, 1892-1969 Lehman, Arthur Lehman, Carrie Lauer «  back