Name Jan Vermeyen | ||
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Died 1606, Prague, Czech Republic Similar People Grand Duchess Olga Niko, Grand Duchess Maria Nik, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Alexandra Feodorovna, Nicholas II of Russia | ||
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Jan Vermeyen (before 1559 – 1606) was a goldsmith of the Renaissance Mannerism.
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Jan Vermeyen was born in Brussels, the son of a Flemish painter Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen in Brussels. He was educated in goldsmithery and started his career in Antwerp between 1580 - 1590. From 1600 he lived and worked in Prague, Lesser Town, district of St. Thomas church. He was one of the favorite artists of Emperor Rudolph II. According to inventories he made more than 10 masterworks, usually dishes from exotic organic materials mounted in gold, for Emperor's Kunstkammer of the Prague Castle. Today some of them are exhibited in Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. His most famous work is the private crown of the emperor, which came later into use as Imperial Crown of Austria. He died in Prague.