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(4) Peter Vischer (ii)
(b Nuremberg, 1487; d Nuremberg, 1528). Brass-caster, sculptor and draughtsman, son of (2) Peter Vischer (i). He was intrigued with certain ideas from the Classical world and the Italian Renaissance, probably from the very beginning of his activity as an artist and craftsman in the Vischerhütte. His responsibility for several portrait medals would support this. (His father may have owned a large collection of ancient Roman coins.) In addition, his medallic self-portrait in profile (1509; Paris, Bib. N. Cab. Médailles), which was produced using the lost-wax technique, is a direct reflection of 15th-century Italian medallic style and technique. His clearest statement in a Renaissance style and perspective is the epitaph of Provost Anton Kress (d 1513; h. c. 1050 mm without inscription; Nuremberg, St Lorenz). This low relief shows the provost kneeling in profile before an altar set within a chapel framed by a coffered barrel vault and round arch supported on decorated pilasters. Two plump, winged putti cling to the outer edge of the arch.
Part of the Vischer family
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