Wenzel von Olmütz, active ca. (1475–1500)

• Also known as Wenceslaus von Olomouc a Václav z Olomouce.
• Was a North Moravian copper engraver and goldsmith of the late Gothic period.
• His graphic sheets are marked with the letter "W".
• His profession as a goldsmith is evidenced by a handwritten inscription (probably apocryphal) on one of the graphic sheets of the Sorrowful Christ according to Martin Schongauer, which states "This engraver's name was Václav and he was a goldsmith".
• The German historian Max Lehrs has so far dedicated only one book monograph to Václav from Olomouc and searched for him in the interwar period only in the Olomouc archives.

• Wenzel von Olmütz was among the first to convert works from other media into graphics. 

• His engraving The Gypsy Family is considered one of the oldest depictions of Gypsies in Bohemia and Moravia.

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