Franz Werner von Tamm

Franz Werner von Tamm (1658–1724) was a German Baroque painter who travelled to and worked in Italy.

Still life with a musk melon, National Museum in Warsaw

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.