Walther (artist family)

The Walther family was a family of artists who worked in Saxony in the 16th and 17th centuries , primarily as sculptors and architects .

Members of the family (in chronological order)

Hans Walther I (1464–1511) stonemason, later sculptor. Father of Christoph Walther I. In 1484 he was accepted into the stonemasons' guild. In 1497 he went on a journey to Saxony, Bavaria and Austria. Works: Figure of Christopher on the portal of the church Neurode (Silesia).
Christoph Walther I (1493-1546)
Andreas Walther I (around 1506–1568)
Hans Walther II (1526–1586)
Christoph Walther II (1534–1584)
Christoph Walther III (1550–1592)
Andreas Walther II (around 1530 – around 1583)
Andreas Walther III (around 1555–1596)
Christoph Walther IV (1572–1626)
Michael Walther (1574-1624)
Sebastian Walther (1576-1645)
Christoph Abraham Walther (around 1625–1680)

Other family members:

Melchior Jobst († approx. 1594), sculptor; Son-in-law of Christoph Walther II
Hans Stilling (approx. 1575–1632), picture carver; Son-in-law of Christoph Walther III
Zacharias Hegewald (1596–1639), sculptor; Sebastian Walther's son-in-law
Wolf Ernst Brohn (approx. 1600–1664), sculptor; Grandson of Melchior Jobst, great-grandson of Christoph Walther II
Hans Georg Kretzschmar (1612–1653), sculptor; Sebastian Walther's son-in-law

Julius Erbstein , Albert Erbstein : The electoral Saxon iron cutter Paul Walter and his work. With preliminary remarks about the older Dresden artists named Walter . Dresden 1886, pp. 1-7.
Hermann Arthur Lier : Walther . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 92-95.
Walter Hentschel : The Walther family of sculptors from Breslau and Dresden between late Gothic and Baroque . In: Genealogisches Jahrbuch 2, 1962, pp. 67-100.
Walter Hentschel: Dresden sculptors of the 16th and 17th centuries, Verlag Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1966.