Sigismund Streit (13 April 1687 – in Berlin; 20 December 1775 in Padua) was a prominent German merchant and art patron of the 18th century in

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Life

Born in Berlin, he came to Venice in 1709, where he accumulated substantial wealth. He died childless and bequeathed his collection to institutions in Germany, including the

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in Berlin. He came to own paintings by Canaletto,

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, Jacopo Amigoni, Francesco Zuccarelli, and

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. He was a contemporary of another patron Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg.

External links

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BZ: Sebastian Preuss: Ein Berliner in Venedig: Die Gemäldegalerie erinnert an den Canaletto-Sammler Sigismund Streit. Als Preußen die Republik loben musste

References

* 1687 births 1775 deaths German art collectors 18th-century art collectors Italian art collectors German emigrants to Italy People from Berlin People from the Margraviate of Brandenburg {{germany-bio-stub