Joseph Bergler the Elder

Joseph Bergler the Elder (1718–1788) was an Austrian sculptor of the Baroque era.

Life Bergler was born in 1718, either in Windischgarsten or in Matrei in Osttirol. His father, Johann Georg Bergler, was also a sculptor and arranged for him to receive a sculpture education by Lorenz Hörmbler in Passau in Lower Bavaria. Joseph Bergler was the father of painter Joseph Bergler the Younger (1753–1829).

Bergler often devoted himself to creating altarpieces, especially for churches in Bavaria. A notable work of Bergler is The Sacrifice of Abraham, a 62 cm high statue created in 1753. It is exhibited in Gartenpalais Liechtenstein in Vienna.