Casket
Wenzel JamnitzerWW-1585-604994
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Catalogue
- Year
- 1585
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9 × 9 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (22.9 × 24.8 × 21 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Wenzel Jamnitzer
Artist
Wenzel Jamnitzer
Printmaking
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.
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Record
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- Wenzel Jamnitzer
- Year
- 1585
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9 × 9 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (22.9 × 24.8 × 21 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1585-604994
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified