deaths
October 23, 2001
Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (born 1917)
Daniel Wildenstein
Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer, historian and owner-breeder of thoroughbred and standardbred race horses. He was the third member of the family to preside over Wildenstein & Co., one of the most successful and influential art-dealerships of the 20th century. He was once described as "probably the richest and most powerful art dealer on earth."