Georg Schwanhardt the Elder (1601-1667) was a German glass-engraver and

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engraver, and the founder of the

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

school of engravers. He was a student of

Caspar Lehmann Caspar Lehmann ( fl. early 17th century) was a German gem cutter and glass engraver. In the first decade of the 17th century, Lehmann adapted the techniques of using copper and bronze wheels to engrave gems to engrave glass. Though both intaglio ...

and upon Lehmann's death inherited his exclusive patent for engraving glass. His engravings often portray miniature landscapes adorned with formal scrollwork.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwanhardt, Georg Glass engravers German glass artists 1601 births 1667 deaths 17th-century German artists