Jakob Wannenwetsch
Born in 1609.
Died in 1654.
Jakob Wannenwetsch was a glass artist from Basel. He is mentioned as having renewed the glassmakers’ guild in 1609, thereby attesting to his commitment to the artistic milieu of his native city. The son of Hans Jörg Wannenwetsch I, he probably inherited a family craft tradition, although the details of his career and works remain partially obscure.
His activity in the field of stained glass underscores the importance of this medium in the sacred and secular art of the period.