- NameGeorg Schweigger
- Sexmale
- Nationality/DatesGerman, born 1613, dead 1690
BiographyGeorg Schweigger
(Grove.art 2001-02-28)
(b Nuremberg, 6 April 1613; d Nuremberg, 13 June 1690).
German sculptor and medallist. He was a son of the sculptor Immanuel Schweigger (d 1634). He is thought to have been apprenticed first to his father and then to Christoph Ritter III (1610-76), a Nuremberg goldsmith and sculptor, but his work appears to reflect the influence of Netherlandish sculpture of the second half of the 16th century. His