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. Berlin, Kupferstichkab.), which provided 30 designs that any competent
goldsmith
A goldsmith is a Metalworking, metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Nowadays they mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, goldsmiths have also made cutlery, silverware, platter (dishware), pl ...
could copy who could not produce his own.
"Wechter, Georg"
in ''The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts'', Gordon Campbell (Ed.), online edition, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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1526 births
1586 deaths
German painters
German engravers
German goldsmiths
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