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This version is an aftercast from the epitaph of the tomb of the Jamnitzers in the Johannesfriedhof, attributed to Valentin Maler, now in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. Habich stated that the epitaph was an enlarged version of Maler's medal of Jamnitzer dating from 1584.\nJamnitzer was a leading goldsmith in Nuremberg. \n\nMaler (about 1540-1603) is documented as being in Nuremberg by 1568. In 1569 he married Wenzel Jamnitzer's daughter, Maria. He was active as a wax modeller and portrait medallist in Nuremberg from 1568 onwards until his death in 1603, but he travelled widely visiting many royal courts in Prague, Munich, Dresden, Würzburg, Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), Stuttgart and Bamberg. He worked for Duke Wilhelm of Munich, Elector Augustus and Duke Christian of Saxony, and later for the Habsburg Emperors, Maximilian II and Rudolf II. He also produced many medals of Munich citizens. 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