Johann Wilhelm Beyer

Johann Wilhelm Beyer (27 December 1725 in Gotha, † 23 March 1796 in Hietzing), a German sculptor, porcelain artist, painter and garden designer.

After returning to Stuttgart in 1759 Beyer worked as ducal Württemberg court painter to 1767 and as a model master of porcelain in Ludwigsburg.

Within three years, he was expected to produce a number of statues of white marble vases[clarification needed], for an amount of 1,000 florins per unit, excluding charges.

After Beyer had received this order, one of his challenges was in the area around Sterzing to make quality marble which equaled that of Carrara.

The blocks were placed on sleds in winter as far as the Brenner road from where Tyrolean carters it cost[clarification needed] to Hall transported.

Beyer's last great design for Schönbrunn were the figures for the 1780 Neptune Fountain, completed shortly before Maria Theresa's death.