Bernard Berenson

Matt Perry's great uncle is Bernard Berenson, Art Historian and Art Collector. Matt Perry is Nick Kordesch's father in law.

Matt Perry wrote: "Bernard was known as BB in the family. When Janine and I went to Italy a few years ago we were able to visit The old villa, I Tati, Florence." Here is Bernard's web page.

https://itatti.harvard.edu/bernard-berenson

Bernard was born in Butrimonys, Vilna, Lithuania, in 1865.

Portrait of Bernard Berenson
1905 [Wikipedia]

Here is an excerpt from his Harvard University web page:

"Bernard Berenson was one of the most famous and influential connoisseurs of Italian Renaissance paintings and drawings. Born Bernhard Valvrojenski in Lithuania on 26 June 1865 to Albert (originally Alter) Valvrojenski and Judith (originally Eudice) Mickleshanski (Valvrojenski), he maintained the original spelling of his first name until 1914. Berenson was often known by his initials, BB (or Bibi in Italian). His first language was German, and from a young age he showed a great aptitude for languages, including Hebrew.

"In 1888, while sojourning in England, Berenson met Mary Whitall Smith. They married in December 1900, and the following year they moved into "I Tatti," a villa owned by John Temple-Leader. They purchased the property in 1907 from Temple-Leader's son, who had inherited it upon his father's death." https://itatti.harvard.edu/bernard-berenson

Senda Berenson Abbott

Senda Berenson Abbott (1868 – 1954) was known as the Mother of Women's Basketball and the author of the first Basketball Guide for Women.

She was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1985, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1987, and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.

Berenson was the first person to introduce and adapt rules for women's basketball to Smith College in 1899, modifying the existing men's rules.

Abbott was the sister of the art historian Bernard Berenson and a great-great-aunt of Berry Berenson and Marisa Berenson. [Wikipedia].