Schweizer Schule (XVIII) - Niklaus Weyermann III, Berner Patrizier

- Oil on canvas. The original canvas is inscribed on the back with the heraldic shield of the Weyermann family, one of the leading patrician lineages of the city of Bern during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, extinct in 2016. Under the family arms appears the year the portrait was made, 1724, and a note sealed with red wax on the canvas confirming the sitter’s identity as Niklaus Weyermann III.

The figure of Niklaus Weyermann III (1694 – c. 1750) represents the consolidation of a lineage that, for more than five centuries, was intrinsic to the political and social structure of the canton of Bern. A member of a line whose Bernese citizenship is documented back to 1475—when the first Niklaus Weyermann joined the prestigious Fusiliers guild (Schützengesellschaft)—the fate of this patrician was shaped by the inheritance of a surname that by 1513 had already entered the Great Council (Großer Rat).

The most tangible legacy of his passage through history is the construction of Weyermannshaus, a manorial residence that projected its presence over land of singular strategic and natural value. The property originally rose on the outskirts of an ancient artificial lake, conceived centuries ago for fish farming and the hydrological regulation of the area. Niklaus III not only solidified his family’s presence in this enclave, but transformed the estate into a symbol of Bernese patrician prestige in the 18th century, combining agricultural functionality with architectural distinction.

Over the centuries, the Weyermannshaus environment underwent a radical metamorphosis. What was once a private water mirror and a recreational space for the local aristocracy was acquired by the city in the 20th century to make way for Freibad Weyermannshaus. Today, this facility is renowned for housing one of the largest outdoor pools in Europe, whose main basin still occupies, almost exactly, the footprint of the old lake that Niklaus III gazed upon from his balconies.

The extinction of the Weyermann male line in 2013 closed a historical cycle of more than 500 years. Yet the name of Niklaus III remains inextricably linked to Bern’s topography; his former stately home and the surrounding area have gone from the epicenter of a closed lineage to a public space of reference, where memory of Bernese patricians coexists with the vitality of the modern city.

- Image dimensions including frame: 64 x 82 cm / 72.5 x 90.5 cm with exclusive antique frame in gold-plated wood to measure.

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