Joseph Bergler

Joseph Bergler the Younger (1 May 1753 – 25 June 1829) was a painter, author of numerous etchings, and director of the Prague Academy.

He moved to Italy in 1776 and studied under Martin Knoller in Milan and Anton von Maron in Rome.

[1] He lived at the Piazza di Spagna, sharing a place with Felice Giani, Franz Caucig, and others.

In 1800 he moved to Prague, [4] where he helped to found the Akademie der bildenden Künste at the Clementinum, and became its first director.

He was patronized by Count Thun and became chamber painter to Cardinal Auersperg, prince bishop of Passau.