Salomon Wiers
Biography- 1741
About the artist
There is not much known about Salomon Wiers.
What is known is that he was a Dutch artist.
Most of the surviving objects made by Salomon Wiers are commemorative salvers. Of the total of nine ,in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the two earliest date from around 1732, while the last two date from around 1736. Wiers is also known to have occupied the post of assay master from 1733 until his death in 1741.” (Eliëns, ibid, p. 161).
Information on the silversmith Salomon Wiers can be found in Titus Eliëns, Zilver uit Batavia, Zwolle, 2012, p. 161 and p. 162 where other examples of his work are illustrated.
He passed away in 1741.
What is known is that he was a Dutch artist.
Most of the surviving objects made by Salomon Wiers are commemorative salvers. Of the total of nine ,in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the two earliest date from around 1732, while the last two date from around 1736. Wiers is also known to have occupied the post of assay master from 1733 until his death in 1741.” (Eliëns, ibid, p. 161).
Information on the silversmith Salomon Wiers can be found in Titus Eliëns, Zilver uit Batavia, Zwolle, 2012, p. 161 and p. 162 where other examples of his work are illustrated.
He passed away in 1741.
