Vischer

Vischer, PETER, artist in bronze, was born at Nuremberg in 1455, and died there 7th January 1529. Among his most notable works are the tomb of Duke Ernst in the Dom at Magdeburg, St Sebald's shrine at Nuremberg, and a relief in the cathedral at Ratisbon; and in virtue of these and other works he was reckoned by contemporaries as the next artist to Albert Dürer. His sons, Hermann, Hans, and Peter Vischer the younger, were also distinguished as sculptors and workers in bronze.