About Johanna Sibylla Kraus
Lived 1650 – 1717 (aged 66–67). Johanna Sibylla Kraus was a German printmaker, engraver, painter, copper engraver and graphic artist.
Johanna Sibylla Kraus (; 16501717) was a German printmaker from Augsburg.
Kraus was born in Augsburg as the daughter of Melchior Küsel. She was taught by her father and assisted his pupil Johann Ulrich Kraus, whom she married and continued to work with.
Gallery Four designs of tapestries after Charles Le Brun, copied from engravings by Sebastien Le Clerc:
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printmaker from Augsburg (1650–1717)
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Johanna Sibylla Kraus was born in 1650 in Augsburg.
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Johanna Sibylla Kraus died in 1717 in Augsburg.
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Johanna Sibylla Kraus was a printmaker, engraver, painter, copper engraver and graphic artist.
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Johanna Sibylla Kraus was German.
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