Christoph Weiditz

Christoph Weiditz was a German painter, medalist, sculptor and goldsmith. His artistic development goes from a naïve-German record of the Renaissance influences to a clever mannerism. Christoph Weiditz is one of the four most important German medalists of the Renaissance, alongside Hans [Schwarz (sculptor)|Hans Schwarz], Friedrich Hagenauer and Matthes Gebel.

Life

He was the brother of Hans Weiditz, the Younger, a famous woodcut artist.
Between 1528 and 1529 he stayed in Spain and made drawings of the folk costumes the inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula.