Galerie Pickert

Founded by Jewish art collector and antiquarian Abraham Pickert (1783-1870). His sons, Sigmund (1825-1893), Max (1836-1912) and Julius took over his business after his death.

Abraham Pickert opened his business in Fürth, first at Bäumenstrasse 132, eventually at Upper Königstraße no. 403 (today Königstrasse 130). In 1850 Abraham Pickert received the title of court antiquarian. Abraham Pickert moved to the larger city of Nuremberg in 1858. He bought a late Gothic and Renaissance town house at Albrecht-Dürer-Platz no. 10, later known as Pickerthaus. The property had a large inner courtyard, which was filled, as was the whole house, with antiques and art objects.

The gallery was renowned for its antiques; it sold furniture, books, goldsmith works, sculptures, stained glass, tapestries, historical weapons, paintings, as well as ceramic and East Asian objects.

After the death of Sigmund Pickert in 1893, his brother Max bequeathed the house to Nuremberg. The city kept the remaining furniture and house but the contents were eventually lost; only an inventory list and 30 photographs have been preserved. The building was destroyed during the Second World War.

Adolphe Schloss had a series of 12 paintings by Abel Grimmer (Schloss 66-77) in his collection, which came from the Pickert Galerie in Nuremberg.

Links: ·        https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/a-glimpse-behind-the-facade-%E2%80%93-nuremberg-around-1900/DwKSekAWnBn2IA ·        Norbert Jopek: Von “einem Juden aus Fürth” zur “Antiquitätensammlung des verdienstvollen Herrn Pickert”. Die Kunsthändlerfamilie Pickert und die Sammlungen des Germanischen Nationalmuseums. In: Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums 2008