Georg Wechter
Illustration — Madonna and Child with St Elisabeth, Georg Wechter, oil on panel, n.d. Georg Wechter (1526 – 28 March 1586) was a German painter and engraver best known for his gold and silver designs. In 1579 he produced his influential pattern book 30 Stück zum verzachnen für die Goldschmied verfertigt Geörg Wechter 15 Maller 79 Nürnberg (Nuremberg, 1579; e.g.
Georg Wechter
- Born
- 1526
- Died
- 1586
- Nationality
- Georg Wechter is recorded as a citizen of Germany.
- Occupation
- Georg Wechter is recorded with the occupation painter.
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Georg Wechter lived from 1526 to 1586 and was a designer, engraver, etcher, draughtsman, painter and printmaker.
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The birth of Georg Wechter is recorded in 1526 in Nuremberg, and the death in 1586 in Nuremberg.
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Berlin, Kupferstichkab.), which provided 30 designs that any competent goldsmith could copy who could not produce his own.
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1526
Georg Wechter born.
1586
Georg Wechter died.
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