Sigismund Streit, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sigismund Streit

German art collector

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1687

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1775

Profession: art collector

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sigismund Streit (13 April 1687 – 20 December 1775) was a prominent German merchant and art patron of the 18th century in Venice.
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 Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin. He came to own paintings by Canaletto, Antoine Pesne, Jacopo Amigoni, Francesco Zuccarelli, and Giuseppe Nogari.
He was a contemporary of another patron Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg.



Alternative names	Santiago Amiconi, Giacomo Amiconi
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	1682	1752
Location of birth/death	Naples	Madrid
Work location	Venice, Southern Germany, England (1730-1739), Madrid (since 1747)
Authority control	: Q380897 VIAF: 30333378 ISNI: 0000 0001 1614 877X ULAN: 500016473 LCCN: n85017708 WGA: AMIGONI, Jacopo WorldCat