A Life in Miniature Born in Au, Vorarlberg, on 20 October 1760, Wendelin Moosbrugger entered a world where craftsmanship was a family vocation. His lineage was one of builders, plasterers, and painters, providing a foundation of practical skill that would later inform his delicate hand. As a child, he displayed an early aptitude for drawing, a talent that led him away from the heavy work of construction toward the refined precision of…