F. X. Bergmann - a falconer from Dorotheum in Vienna

Date Created: 01 December 2017

Author: F. X. Bergmann, Austrian

Source: The Internet

Owner: Dorotheum Seit 1707

Location: Vienna, Austria

Link to: Website

  • Austria
  • Falcon
  • Sculpture
  • 19th Century
  • 20th Century
  • Hunting
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F. X. Bergmann – a falconer,

bronze, polychrome group, marble base, full height 30.5 cm, company mark F. X. Bergmann, 1st third of the 20th cent., (Lu)

Specialist: Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff

 

Franz Xaver Bergman (or Franz Xaver Bergmann) (1861–1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronze Oriental, erotic and animal figures, the latter often humanized or whimsical, humorous objects d'art.

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