Peter Dell the Elder
Illustration — Peter Dell the Elder, Portrait of Jakob Woler, 1529 Peter Dell the Elder, or Peter Dell der Ältere, (1490–1552), was a German sculptor. Dell was born in Würzburg, and is father to another sculptor Peter Dell the Younger. He specialized in religious and portrait sculptures working with limewood and pearwood.
Peter Dell the Elder
Object: Peter Dell der Ältere, Photo: Andreas Praefcke · Public domain
- Born
- 1490 · Würzburg.
- Died
- 1552 · Würzburg.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Peter Dell the Elder, Portrait of Jakob Woler, 1529 Peter Dell the Elder, or Peter Dell der Ältere, (1490–1552), was a German sculptor. Dell was born in Würzburg, and is father to another sculptor Peter Dell the Younger. He specialized in religious and portrait sculptures working with limewood and pearwood.
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Born at Würzburg in 1490, died in Würzburg in 1552.
The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Würzburg. Work by Peter Dell the Elder is recorded in the collections of Cleveland Museum of Art and Germanisches Nationalmuseum.
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1490
Peter Dell the Elder was born on 1 January 1490.
1552
Peter Dell the Elder died on 1 January 1552.
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