Still Life Of Flowers In An Urn With A Putto On A Stone Ledge
Flowers, Fruit, and Poultry (detail)
Franz Werner von Tamm (1658–1724) was a German Baroque painter who travelled to and worked in Italy.
Biography
Von
Tamm was born in Hamburg. According to Houbraken, who called him Joano
Vernero Tam in a poem about the members of the Bentvueghels, he joined
the Bent with the name "Dapper" and was a good flower painter.[1]
His nickname was "Dapper" or "Aprêt". He was influenced by David de Coninck and became the teacher of Pietro Navarra.[2] He was in Rome in the years 1685-1695 and is known for still lifes of flowers and hunting pieces.[2] In 1702 he was in Passau and then he moved to Vienna.[2]
He was trained in the studio of Carlo Maratta in Rome.[3] He was invited to Vienna to be a court painter, and remained there until his death.
References
(Dutch)
Franz Werner von Tamm Biography in De groote schouburgh der
Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold
Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
Franz Werner von Tamm at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
Rosini, Giovanni (1847). Storia della Pittura Italiana esposta coi
Monumenti, (Época Quarta: Dal Carraci al' Appiani); Volume VII. Presso
Niccolò Capurro, Pisa; Original from Oxford University digitized Jan 4,
2007. p. 81.
Franz Werner von Tamm on Artnet
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