Artist: Wolfgang Howzer ( - )
Nationality: Swiss
Movement:
Media: Gold and Silversmith
Influences:

Biography:
Wolfgang Howzer first served as an apprentice to his father in Zurich before moving to London in the 1660’s. He received a commission from the king to practice as a gold and silversmith at a time when opportunities to practice the craft were scarce. His work was expensive and was signed with a WH above a cherub.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
Pair of Lidded Bowls
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Barbara Wolfgang, Tropic Night, 1957
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Wolfgang Kilian, AnnaCatharinaFuggerin, etc., 16th - 17th century
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Wolfgang Kilian, Satyr with woman, 16th - 17th century
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Beck, Wolfgang Melchior Stifer, etc., 18th century
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Wolfgang Kilian, Portrait of Urbani Casparis, 16th - 17th century
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Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, Elementum Terrae (Allegory of the Earth), circa 1750
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Sophia of Poland Attributed to Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (German, 1787-1834)Oil on canvas; 30 1/4 x
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Rudolf K¸gler, Das rˆmische Carnival by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1958), 1958
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Lucas Vorsterman the Elder, Portrait of Wolfgang Guillaume, Comte Palatin du Rhine, 16th - 17th century
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Balthazar Moncornet, Portrait of Wolfgang Conrard de Thumbshirn, plenipotentiary of the Duke of Saxony, Lauembourg, 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Frederick the Elder, Margrave of Brandenburg Attributed to Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (German, 1787-1834)Oil on canvas;
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Rudolf K¸gler, Untitled, first plate on page 9 in the book Das rˆmische Carnival by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1958), 1958
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Rudolf K¸gler, Untitled, third plate on page 19 in the book Das rˆmische Carnival by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1958), 1958
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Rudolf K¸gler, Untitled, fifth plate on page 29 in the book Das rˆmische Carnival by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1958), 1958
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Lynd Kendall Ward, Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Alice Raphael (New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1930]), 1930
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Rudolf K¸gler, Untitled, second plate on page13 in the book in the book Das rˆmische Carnival by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1958), 1958
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Rudolf K¸gler, Untitled, fourth plate on page 23 in the book Das rˆmische Carnival by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1958), 1958
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Rudolf K¸gler, Untitled, seventh plate on page 39 in the book Das rˆmische Carnival by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1958), 1958
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Lynd Kendall Ward, Untitled, frontispiece in the book Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Alice Raphael (New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1930]), 1930
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Lynd Kendall Ward, Untitled, plate opposite page 220 in the bookFaust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Alice Raphael (New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1930]), 1930
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Lynd Kendall Ward, Untitled, plate opposite page 174 in the book Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Alice Raphael (New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1930]), 1930
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Lynd Kendall Ward, Untitled, plate opposite page 182 in the book Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Alice Raphael (New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1930]), 1930
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Lynd Kendall Ward, Untitled, plate opposite page 132 in the book Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Alice Raphael (New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1930]), 1930
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Lynd Kendall Ward, Untitled, plate opposite page 24 in the book Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Alice Raphael (New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1930]), 1930
J. Paul Getty Museum -
View of a Walled City in River Landscape
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Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner - Design for a Monstrance c. 1750 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art German
Museum of Fine Arts -
© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Sailboats at
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© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Portrait of
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Wolfgang Paalen - Key Lords of the Prismatic Situations 1947 oil on linen canvas University of Kentucky Art Museum Mexican
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Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner - Scenes from the Life of Saint Arianus c. 1755 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Austrian
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© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Two Dancing
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© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Männerkopf und
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Attributed to Johann Baptist Klauber, German, 1712-1787 Designer Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, German, 1712-1761 Mane (Morning)
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© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Frau Professor
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Johann Wolfgang Kenigsperger, 1724-1752 Oboe Germany, (Roding), about 1725 Pearwood, horn, brass Overall Length: 57.3
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Umbo Vase
Museum of Fine Arts -
Wolfgang Küss, Austrian, about 1779-1834 English horn Austria, (Vienna), about 1830 Boxwood, ivory, brass Overall
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Sir Peter Lely, The Earl of Arlington, 17th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Covered Vessel

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