Artist

Georg Melchior Kraus

Georg Melchior Kraus is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

German printmaker who made etchings and engravings of the everyday, taverns, trades, and landscapes around 18th- and 19th-century Saxony. In the H Beard Print Collection you can see his care with light and line in scenes like a weaver at his loom or a coach rolling through the Thuringian countryside. Tap the H Beard Print Collection to zoom into the prints and spot the tiny details Kraus tucked into each plate.

Works by Georg Melchior Kraus

Collections represented

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