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Detail of monument from Nuremburg by Adam Kraft, Victoria and Albert Museum. Adam Kraft (or Krafft) ( c. 1460 ? – January 1509) was a German stone sculptor and master builder of the late Gothic period, based in Nuremberg and with a documented career there from 1490. It is not known where Kraft was born and raised; his hand has been claimed to ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Adam Kraft (born c. 1455, –60, Nürnberg, Bavaria [Germany]—died 1508/09, Schwabach, near Nürnberg) was a sculptor of the Nürnberg school who introduced restraint into German late Gothic sculpture. Nothing is known of Kraft’s training, but his earliest-known work, a triptych depicting Christ’s Passion and Resurrection in the Church of ...
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sculptor, stone mason. born Nürnberg, um 1455. buried Nürnberg, 21. Jan 1509. As a sculptor and stonemason of the German late Gothic period, Adam Kraft was one of the most important representatives of this epoch. His work is to be seen as one of its high points. A wide variety of tasks characterised his career: on the one hand, there were ...
Adam Kraft was a German stone sculptor and master builder of the late Gothic period, based in Nuremberg and with a documented career there from 1490. It is not known where Kraft was born and raised; his hand has been claimed to be evident as an assistant in works in Ulm Minster and the pulpit at Strasbourg Cathedral, completed in 1485.
Nürnberg, um 1455. begr. Nürnberg, 21. Jan 1509. Als Bildhauer und Steinmetz der deutschen Spätgotik zählte Adam Kraft zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern dieser Epoche. Sein Werk ist als eines ihrer Höhepunkte zu sehen. Unterschiedlichste Aufgaben prägten seinen Werdegang: zum einen waren es vollplastische und figürliche Darstellungen in ...
Adam Kraft. Adam Kraft (or Krafft) (c. 1460? – January 1509) was a German stone sculptor and master builder of the late Gothic period, based in Nuremberg and with a documented career there from 1490. It is not known where Kraft was born and raised; his hand has been claimed to be evident as an assistant in works in Ulm Minster (completed 1471 ...
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