Ludwig Krug

Ludwig Krug (14881532) was a German goldsmith, engraver, and sculptor. Together with Wenzel Jamnitzer, he is considered among the most important goldsmiths of the 16th century in what is now Germany.

Biography There is little information about Krug's life and artistic training. Son of the engraver Hans Krug the Elder, While attribution of his work as a metalworker are controversial due to a lack of signature, there is more certainty about his career as an engraver thanks to the preservation of two woodcuts and sixteen copper engravings on religious subjects.

Adam and Eve: The Fall of Man by KrugKrug's prints were developed in a style that, starting from a youthful phase inspired by the models of Albrecht Dürer, Martin Schongauer, and Lucas van Leyden, gradually distanced itself from these artists. In a later creative period, he gravitated towards the decorative models of Augsburg represented by Hans Schwarz, which were characterized by a certain originality and liveliness. Krug's version of the fall of man features an ape mimicking Adam eating the apple, which symbolizes the yearning of flesh as the cause of the fall.