Hans Krafft the Elder
Illustration — Medal of Charles V (1520-1521), drawn by Dürer Hans Krafft the Elder (1481–c.1542) was a German medalist, and master of the Nuremberg mint. Krafft worked from designs by Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach, among other artists. A silver medal struck by Krafft of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor sold for £258,750 in December 2009.
Hans Krafft the Elder
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- Germany
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- sculptor · goldsmith · medalist
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- German
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Illustration — Medal of Charles V (1520-1521), drawn by Dürer Hans Krafft the Elder (1481–c.1542) was a German medalist, and master of the Nuremberg mint. Krafft worked from designs by Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach, among other artists. A silver medal struck by Krafft of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor sold for £258,750 in December 2009.
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Hans Krafft the Elder is recorded as sculptor, goldsmith and medalist.
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1481
Hans Krafft the Elder was born in 1481.
1542
Hans Krafft the Elder died in 1542.
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- 1.Johann David Koeler: Historische Münzbelustigung. Nürnberg 1730, S. 246.
- 2.Landratsamt für Denkmalspflege und Archäologie in Sachsen-Anhalt …: Martin Luther, Schätze der Reformation. Sandsteinverlag 2015, S. 62.
- 3.Abbildung und Beschreibung in den National Galleries Scotland: Hans Krafft, the Elder – accession number: NG 2566, englisch, abgerufen am 25. September 2019.
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