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Wenzel Jamnitzer

?–1585

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WikidataQ90247

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Wenzel Jamnitzer was a Northern Mannerist goldsmith, artist, and printmaker in etching, who worked in Nuremberg. He was the best known German goldsmith of his era, and court goldsmith to a succession of Holy Roman Emperors.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 85% · Updated 12d ago

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Artworks (8)

Casket

1585 · Gilded yellow metal, silver

Overall: 9 × 9 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (22.9 × 24.8 × 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Relief mounted as a mirror frame

1563 · Gilded silver, ebony, mirror plate (later)

wt. confirmed: 11 5/8 × 9 1/8 in., 47.615oz. (29.5 × 23.2 cm, 1350g)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Table ornament

1549 · gild on silver (metal)

height: 99.8 cm, diameter: 46 cm

Rijksmuseum

Plaquette van de Merkelsche Tafelaufsatz

1549 · etching on silver (metal)

height: 2.4 cm, diameter: 9 cm

Rijksmuseum

Mortar

1545 · Bronze

diameter at rim, wt. confirmed: 4 15/16 × 6 1/2 in., 51.142oz. (12.5 × 16.5 cm, 1450g)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scales

1525 · gilt bronze and silver

Overall: 37.5 x 21 cm (14 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ornamental Vase

1525 · etching

Sheet: 24.1 x 15 cm (9 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.); Platemark: 23 x 14 cm (9 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Urania

1520 · Black chalk

4 15/16 x 3 5/8 in. (12.6 x 9.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Rijksmuseum
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