Daniel Sargent Curtis [SEP] date of birth
Daniel Sargent Curtis
Daniel Sargent Curtis (1825–1908) was an American lawyer and banker. He was a trustee of the Boston Public Library, director of the Boston National Bank and owner of Palazzi Barbaro, Venice.
Early life.
Curtis was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Thomas Buckminster Curtis and Maria Osborne Sargent. His maternal grandfather was Daniel Sargent, close friend of American President, John Quincy Adams. The Sargent extended family, an old Bostonian family whose ancestors arrived in America on the "Mayflower", included
widow of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and the sister of Alfonso I d'Este was living at the Palazzo Barbaro.
In 1797 the Palazzi belonged to Senator Zuanne Barbaro. After the Barbaro family died out in the middle of the 19th century, the Palazzo was bought by a series of speculators who auctioned off furniture and paintings.
In 1881 the older palazzo was rented by a relative of the American painter John Singer Sargent, Daniel Sargent Curtis, who purchased it in 1885.
Daniel and Ariana Curtis repaired and