Frederick Hartt (May 22, 1914 – October 31, 1991) was an Italian Renaissance scholar, author and professor of art history.
He was also involved with cataloging and repatriating artwork looted and stolen by the Third Reich during World War II.
[1] He graduated from Columbia College in 1935 and received his PhD from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts in 1950; the subject of his dissertation was Giulio Romano and the Palazzo del Te.
[1][3] From 1942 to 1946, during World War II, Hartt was an officer in the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program of the US Army and received a Bronze Star.
"In March 1987, he presented his findings at the New York Academy of Sciences, where several other scholars confirmed his judgment.