Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz

Nikolaus Karl Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (born Nikolaus Karl Eduard Launitz; 23 November 1797 – 12 December 1869) was a German sculptor.

Launitz was born a Baltic German in Grobin, Courland, which was then part of the Russian Empire.

[1] Schmidt von der Launitz spent most of his adult life in Frankfurt.

Schmidt von der Launitz is buried in the Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt.

[1] Schmidt von der Launitz's first independent work was an 1820 relief of his brother, who had died during the Battle of Leipzig.