(b Memmingen, bapt 24 Sept 1611; d Ulm, 22 June 1667). German ivory- and wood-carver. A member of a large family of sculptors active in southern Germany and Switzerland, he studied with his father, Sigmund Heschler (b 1584; d after 1658). They collaborated on figures (1631; rest. 1955–8) on the high altar of the former Klosterkirche at Buxheim, near Memmingen, which exemplify the influence of 16th-century Italian sculpture—and that of Georg Petel—on German sculpture in wood in the early Baroque period. Heschler became best known for his small-scale figures. His carvings reflect subjects taken from late 16th-century Dutch and Italian originals, though stylistically they resemble the works of Georg Petel, influenced by Rubens, as can be seen in his Henchman (pearwood, c. 1630; Cologne, Kstgewmus.), St Sebastian (ivory, c. 1640–50; Leipzig, Mus. Ksthandwks) and Deposition (ivory, c. 1650; Stockholm, Nmus.).