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Wenzel Jamnitzer (sometimes Jamitzer, or Wenzel Gemniczer) (1507/1508 – 19 December 1585) 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 .
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, published in 1568, is one of the most mathematically fascinating books of the Renaissance. Its author was Wenzel Jamnitzer (1508-1585), a renowned Nuremburg goldsmith, designer, and inventor of scientific instruments.
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Wenzel Jamnitzer is widely recognized as the greatest Mannerist goldsmith in the German-speaking regions. As demonstrated throughout this volume, much of his fame was based on highly inventive objects, primarily life casts and mounted naturalia for princely Wunderkammern (see, for example, cats. 70–72).
Wenzel Jamnitzer. Wenzel Jamnitzer (1508-1585) was born in Vienna, the son of goldsmith Hans Jamnitzer, who later moved with his family to Nuremberg in Germany. Where and from whom Wenzel learned his trade is not known, he may have been apprenticed to his father.
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.
Wenzel Jamnitzer (vĕn´tsəl yäm´nĬtsər, yä´mĬtsər, gĕm´nĬtsər), 1508–85, leading member of a German family of goldsmiths and engravers. Born in Vienna, he settled in Nuremberg where, as a leading artisan of his day, he executed work for emperors and officials of the court and the church.
With his highly ornate and profusely encrusted goldsmiths' work, Wenzel Jamnitzer dominated the taste of the rich and powerful in the empire not only throughout his career but also through the perpetuation of his style by his sons after his death.
