Jean-Pierre Pescatore

[1] In 1837 Pescatore met the Swiss Anne-Cathérine Weber, with whom he lived together and whom he married in 1851 in the church (but not civilly), in order to render this relation acceptable to the public.

[1] Pescatore's good relations with the Régie française des tabacs, the Belgian annexation of the French-speaking part of Luxembourg in 1839, and Luxembourg's accession to the Zollverein (the German customs union), exposing Luxembourgish tobacco manufacturing to strong competition from abroad, were damaging to Pescatore's business interests in the Grand-Duchy.

In addition to trading in tobacco, he also dabbled in finance, founding the bank "J.P. Pescatore et Cie" on 27 December 1844 with the Austrian Frédéric Adolphe Grieninger.

Jean-Pierre Pescatore had various hobbies, including collecting works of art, rare plant specimens and breeding horses.

Finally, the Château de La Celle was awarded to his niece, Elisabeth (Lily) Dutreux-Pescatore, with usufruct for life to Anne Catherine Weber.

In 1853 he donated half a million francs to Luxembourg City, in order to build an old people's home, the later Fondation Pescatore, opened in 1892.

The city also received his art collection, housed in the Musée Jean-Pierre Pescatore, on the first floor of the town hall.