Private company

Wildenstein & Company

International private art dealership

Wildenstein & Company, a private art dealership, was founded in Paris by Nathan Wildenstein in the mid-19th century and run by his family ever since. The Wildenstein Institute, established by Nathan's son Georges, maintains one of the largest art history reference libraries in the world.2 It is headquartered in Wildenstein & Company Building.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1875Founded1
  • HeadquartersWildenstein & Company Building1
  • Legal formBusiness Corporation3
  • LEI549300QL3ULKHN32OM673
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address689 FIFTH AVENUE, 10022 New York, United States3
  • Registered withCorporation and Business Entity Database (Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC, Department of State), 609873
Gimpel & Wildenstein, 1907
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Wildenstein & Company, a private art dealership, was founded in Paris by Nathan Wildenstein in the mid-19th century and run by his family ever since. The Wildenstein Institute, established by Nathan's son Georges, maintains one of the largest art history reference libraries in the world.2

Corporate structure

Wildenstein & Company sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Wildenstein & Company New York, New York, United States
    • Wildenstein Institute Subsidiary
    • 618 BUSHWICK OWNER LLC Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • A Boy in a Red-lined Cloak Owned
    • Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise Owned
    • Fountain of Venus Owned
    • Laban Searching for his Stolen Household Gods Owned
    • Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest Owned
    • Madonna and Child Enthroned Owned
    • Mme. Dufresne Owned
    • Portrait of a Woman as Diana Owned
    • Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois Owned
    • Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon Owned
    • Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna Owned
    • Portrait of King Charles II of England Owned
    • Reading Owned
    • Sophie Crouzet Owned · United States
    • Spring Owned
    • Spring Flowers Owned
    • Still Life with Herrings Owned
    • Symbolic Head Owned
    • The Lock at Pontoise Owned
    • View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons Owned
    • Virgin and Child in a Landscape Owned
    • Woman Reading Owned
    • Woman Sewing before a Garden Window Owned

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Wildenstein & Company reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • A Boy in a Red-lined Cloak
  • Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise
  • Fountain of Venus
  • Laban Searching for his Stolen Household Gods
  • Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned
  • Mme. Dufresne
  • Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois
  • Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon
  • Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna
  • Portrait of King Charles II of England
  • Portrait of a Woman as Diana
  • Reading
  • Sophie Crouzet
  • Spring
  • Spring Flowers
  • Still Life with Herrings
  • Symbolic Head
  • The Lock at Pontoise
  • View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons
  • Virgin and Child in a Landscape
  • Woman Reading
  • Woman Sewing before a Garden Window

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Nathan Wildenstein in 1875.1

Leadership

Who has led Wildenstein & Company, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Guy Wildenstein

Subsidiaries

Also owns

  • A Boy in a Red-lined Cloak
  • Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise
  • Fountain of Venus
  • Laban Searching for his Stolen Household Gods
  • Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned
  • Mme. Dufresne
  • Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois
  • Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon
  • Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna
  • Portrait of King Charles II of England
  • Portrait of a Woman as Diana
  • Reading
  • Sophie Crouzet
  • Spring
  • Spring Flowers
  • Still Life with Herrings
  • Symbolic Head
  • The Lock at Pontoise
  • View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons
  • Virgin and Child in a Landscape
  • Woman Reading
  • Woman Sewing before a Garden Window

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1875Founded Founded1

Sources

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