Wenzel Jamnitzer

He made vases and jewelry boxes with great skill, in a style based on that of the Italian Renaissance.

Besides precious metals, he incorporated hardstones, shells, corals, and small birds' eggs in his works.

Jamnitzer performed scientific studies to improve the technical knowledge of his guild.

In 1568 he published Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of regular solids), a book remembered for its engravings of polyhedra.

Wenzel Jamnitzer died on 19 December 1585 and was buried in St. John's Cemetery in Nuremberg (grave No.