Gregorius Sickinger

[[File:Untertorbrücke 1600 Sickinger.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gregorius Sickinger, ''Untertorbrücke'', from 1600 map]]

'''Gregorius Sickinger''' (1558–1631) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and engraver.

Sickinger was born in Solothurn. He had 5 brothers and sisters, and was re-married after the death of his first wife. Sickinger worked primarily with woodcuts often used in book illustrations. He died penniless in 1631.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/gregorius-sickinger|title=Brief Biography Gregorius Sickinger|access-date=2010-02-05}}</ref>

There is a Gregor Sickinger street in Fribourg in his honour.

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