Frederick Hartt (1914–1991) was an Italian Renaissance scholar, author and professor of art history. His books include Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (two volumes) and Italian Renaissance Art, Michelangelo (Masters of Art Series), The Sistine Chapel and The Renaissance in Italy and Spain (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series). He was also involved with cataloging and repatriating art work looted and stolen by the Third Reich during World War II.