Hanfstaengl pocházel z prosté rodiny a roku 1816 přišel na doporučení městského učitele do denní školy v Mnichově pod vedením Hermanna Josefa Mitterera.
Hanfstaengl originated from a commoner family and in 1816 came on the recommendation of the town-school-teachers into the drawing-class of the leave-day school at Munich led by Hermann Joseph Mitterer.
Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl ( German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁnst hanfˈʃtɛŋl̩]; 2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a German American businessman and close friend of Adolf Hitler.
Author of Religiöse bilder, Album der Zeitgenossen, Hanfstaengl-Drucke, The masterpieces of the early Flemish painters, The Masterpieces of the early Flemish painters, Hanfstaengl's catalogue of reproductions
Hanfstaengl, Ernst, nicknamed “Putzi”, born 02-02-1887 in Munich , the son of the wealthy German art publisher, Edgar Hanfstaengl, , (the former lover of the Bavarian princess Sophie) who died age 67 on 28-05-1910 and an American mother.