WEIDITZ, Christoph
(b. ~1500 Freiburg im Breisgau, d. 1559 Augsburg)
Medallist, sculptor, goldsmith, member of a German family of artists active in the Upper Rhine region from the mid-15th century to the mid-16th. From 1523 to 1525 he worked in Strasbourg, from 1525 to 1526 in Swabia, and from 1526 to 1529 in Augsburg. He travelled to Spain and to the Low Countries in the retinue of Emperor Charles V. In 1532 he returned to Augsburg.
More than a hundred commemorative medals and models dated between 1523 and 1544 are his authentic works. He also produced small sculptures.
