Matilde Catherine Denkmann Wentworth (1865 – March 3, 1948) was an American artist known for her portraits of women and a benefactor of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[14] Wentworth had portraits exhibited in the Paris Salon,[15] news that reached the United States in 1914[16] and again in 1921.

[26][24] Her painting of the French singer Léon Melchissédec[27] was first shown at a gallery in Paris and has since been exhibited at the Museum at Clermont-Ferrand.

[28] She moved back to the United States and in 1935, she purchased an estate in Montecito, California,[29][30] and there she became involved in the Santa Barbara annual flower show sharing tropical fruits grown on her property.

[35][36] She bequeathed a portion of her estate to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art,[37][38] which included a donation to construct a room on a lower level to permanently display her collections of French fabrics, lace, ceramics, 18th century French silver[39] and pictures.