Sigmund Pickert

Sigmund Pickert was the son of Abraham Pickert (1783-1870). He was a renowned Jewish art dealer and antiquarian. His father founded his business as an antiquarian and art dealer in Fürth and later continued in Nuremberg.

After the death of his father in 1870, Sigmund Pickert and his brothers, Max (1836-1912) and Julius, continued the business. Sigmund counted many prominent collectors and museum curators among his clients, such as John Charles Robinson and Henry Cole from the South Kensington Museum – now Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Sigmund Pickert set up a foundation with 30,000 marks for charitable purposes and to enhance the beauty of the city of Nuremberg. Nor did he forget his birthplace; he left the city of Fürth 20,000 marks upon his death.

Adolphe Schloss acquired a series of 12 works by Flemish painter Abel Grimmer (Schloss German no. 66-77/ French no. 90 1/12), which came from the Pickert Galerie in Nuremberg.

For more information see: Jopek, Norbert. 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, pp. 93-105. https://museenblog-nuernberg.de/2018/11/07/kunsthandlung-pickert/ Accessed 4 June 2021.