Artist
Franz Anton Bergmann
Franz Anton Bergmann is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Brukenthal National Museum.
This guy painted the 17th-century elite so precisely that lace collars came out of dark corners crisp enough to fold. A German court painter who dodged fame, Bergmann hid in small towns where people still remember his sharp black eyes and the way he made velvet look like it might cut your finger. One look at his portrait of Anna Maria von Huttern and you’ll swear you can hear her corset whisper.
Works by Franz Anton Bergmann
Collections represented
Museum
The Brukenthal National Museum is a museum in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania, established in the late 18th century by Samuel von Brukenthal (1721-1803) in his city palace. Baron Brukenthal, governor of…