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Also Known As Adam Krafft
Born c.1455 or c.1460 • Nuremberg • Germany
Died c.1508 or c.1509 • Germany
Movement / Style Late Gothic art

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Kraft, self-portrait (detail from the “Shrine of the Sacrament”), sandstone, begun 1493; in the Church of Sankt Lorenz, Nürnberg, Ger.
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Saints Christopher, Eustace, and Erasmus
Tilman Riemenschneider
German sculptor
Bronze self-portrait of Lorenzo Ghiberti in relief, set within ornate floral and geometric decoration on the Gates of Paradise at the Florence Baptistery.
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Italian sculptor
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Andrea Orcagna
Italian painter
The Murder of Abel, bas-relief panel by Jacopo della Quercia, 1425–38; on the Porta Maggiore of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy.
Jacopo della Quercia
Italian sculptor
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Ivan Meštrović
American sculptor
Francesco Di Giorgio
Francesco di Giorgio
Italian artist
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Pietro Bernini
Italian sculptor
The tomb of the cardinal of Portugal, marble sculptural complex by Antonio Rossellino, 1461–66; in the church of S. Miniato al Monte, Florence.
Antonio Rossellino
Italian sculptor
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Egid Quirin Asam
German architect
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Johann Peter Melchior
German potter
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Schongauer, Martin; Virgin and Child
Martin Schongauer
German engraver
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Hans Holbein, the Elder
German painter
“Madonna of the Rose Bower,” painting on wood by Stefan Lochner; in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
Stefan Lochner
German painter
The Archangel Raphael
Veit Stoss
German sculptor
Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child
Michael Wolgemut
German artist
Notke, Bernt: St. George and the Dragon
Bernt Notke
German sculptor
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Master E.S.
German engraver
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist

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