Georg Wechter (1526 – 28 March 1586) was a German painter and engraver best known for his gold and silver designs.
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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. Berlin, Kupferstichkab.), which provided 30 designs that any competent goldsmith could copy who could not produce his own.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Wechter, Georg" in The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, Gordon Campbell (Ed.), online edition, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 February 2018. (subscription required)
External links
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