Belle da Costa Greene

Title

Belle da Costa Greene

Contributor

Olivia Del Vecchio

Dates

1883-1950

Profession

Librarian and Director of Morgan Library

Place of birth and childhood

Born Washington, D.C.; raised in Washington, D.C. and New York City

Place of professional career

Morgan Library

Contribution

Transformed the private collection of J.P. Morgan into a well-known public institution. Notable that she was a woman of African-American heritage, circulating in the white, elite world of New York collectors and scholars.

Collection

Tastemakers

Citation

“Belle da Costa Greene,” Medieval Art and the American Public: A Digital Narrative, accessed March 30, 2023, https://medievalartus.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/39.

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