Walter Liedtke | |
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Born | Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. | August 28, 1945
Died | February 3, 2015 Valhalla, New York, U.S. | (aged 69)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Art historian, writer, curator |
Years active | 1974โ2015 |
Walter Arthur Liedtke, Jr. (August 28, 1945 โ February 3, 2015)[1] was an American art historian, writer and Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2] He was known as one of the world's leading scholars of Dutch and Flemish paintings.[1] He died in the 2015 Metro-North Valhalla train crash.[3]