Józef Antoni Kraus
Joseph Anton Kraus (died 21 January 1721, Danzig/Gdańsk) was a German sculptor of the eighteenth century, working primarily in the Polish-Litunanian Commonwealth and the Kingdom of Prussia. He was associated with the workshop of the royal Prussian sculptor Georg Gottfried Weyhenmeyer, where he had the opportunity to work with Andreas Schlüter. In 1708, he came to Schlobitten (Słobity), where he was commissioned by Alexander zu Dohna in 1719, for whom he created sculptural decorations of the palace and park.
Józef Antoni Kraus
Anton Ulbrich · Anton Ulbrich: Geschichte der Bildhauerkunst in Ostpreußen. 2. Band, Gräfe und Unzer, Königsberg 1929, Abb. 530 · Public domain
- Born
- 1650 · Berlin.
- Died
- 1721 · Gdańsk.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages
- German
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Joseph Anton Kraus (died 21 January 1721, Danzig/Gdańsk) was a German sculptor of the eighteenth century, working primarily in the Polish-Litunanian Commonwealth and the Kingdom of Prussia. He was associated with the workshop of the royal Prussian sculptor Georg Gottfried Weyhenmeyer, where he had the opportunity to work with Andreas Schlüter. In 1708, he came to Schlobitten (Słobity), where he was commissioned by Alexander zu Dohna in 1719, for whom he created sculptural decorations of the palace and park.
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Born at Berlin in 1650, died in Gdańsk in 1721.
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