(b ?Vienna, 1507–8; d Nuremberg, 19 Dec 1585). He is first recorded as a master goldsmith and a burgher of Nuremberg, and nothing is known of his apprenticeship. In 1543 he took up the post of engraver in the city mint and later held important honorary offices in Nuremberg, becoming a member of the Great Council in 1556 and the Small Council in 1573. His mark is the head of a lion en face, with the letter W beneath.

Part of the Jamnitzer family

• Jamnitzer, Wenzel, I (1507/8-1585)
  • Arms and armour, §II, 1(ii): European edged weapons, 1450–1630
  • Germany, §X, 2: Enamel
  • Jamnitzer
  • Labenwolf: (1) Pankraz Labenwolf
  • Nuremberg, §III, 2(i): Centre of gold and silver production
  • assistants
    • Zündt, Matthias
  • collaboration
    • Amman, Jost
    • Germany, §IV, 2(ii)(b): Sculpture, c 1400–c 1600: Effects of the Reformation
    • Labenwolf: (2) Georg Labenwolf
    • Nuremberg, §II, 2: Art life and organization: Sculpture
    • Solis: (1) Virgil Solis
    • Strada: (1) Jacopo Strada, §2: Work at the imperial court
  • patrons and collectors
    • Griesbeck von Griesbach, Florian
    • Habsburg, §I: (6) Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
    • Habsburg, §I: (8) Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
    • Schardt, Johann Gregor van der
    • Wittelsbach, §I: (3) Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
  • pupils
    • Petzolt , Hans
    • Silber, Jonas
  • works
    • Coral, §2: History and uses
    • Germany, §IX, 1(ii): Gold and silver, 1520–c 1700
    • Germany, §IX, 1(ii)(c): Gold and silver, 1520–c 1700: Patronage
    • Ornament and pattern, §II, 3(ii): Western Renaissance and Mannerist
    • Statuette, §II, 2(i): Renaissance and Baroque: Holy Roman Empire and the Low Countries