# KRAFT, Adam [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Profession: sculptor - School: German ## Biography German sculptor, active in Nuremberg. He was a virtuoso stone carver and his most celebrated work, the tabernacle in St Lawrence, Nuremberg \(1493-96\). is a gigantic stone imitation \(c.18 m high\) of a subtle piece of goldsmith's work. The richly decorated structure houses a multitude of human figures, animals, amphibia, etc. One of the supporting figures at the base is supposed to be a selfportrait of Kraft. Other examples of his work can be seen in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. ## Related artworks - [Entombment]() - [Sacrament House]() - [Self-Portrait]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()