Northern Mannerist goldsmith, artist, and printmaker in etching
1507 CE
to 1585 CE
Wenzel Jamnitzer (sometimes Jamitzer, or Wenzel Gemniczer) (1507/1508 – December 19, 1585) is a Northern Mannerist goldsmith, artist, and printmaker in etching, who works in Nuremberg.
He is the best known German goldsmith of his era, and court goldsmith to a succession of Holy Roman Emperors.