Johann Ulrich Kraus

An engraving by Krauss fromDie Verwandlungen des Ovidii(The Metamorphoses of Ovid), c. 1690. The Greek prophetTiresiasstrikes two snakes with a stick, and is transformed into a woman by the goddessHeraas a punishment

Johann Ulrich Kraus(alsoKrauss, Krauß,1655–1719) was an early German illustrator, engraver and publisher inAugsburg.

He was a student ofMelchior Küsel(1626- ca.1683), who was in turn a student ofMatthäus Merian the Elder.Kraus became a partner in the Augsburg publishing company of Melchior Küsel, whose daughterJohanna Sibyllahe married in 1685. Kraus became one of the most successful and respected illustraters of his generation in Augsburg. Among other works, he did engravings for theChurbaierische Atlas.His business was damaged in theWar of the Spanish Succession,but Kraus seems to have recoveredand in 1717 is recorded in the archives of Augsburg as a wealthy citizen.

Works

• ca 1690Die Verwandlungen des Ovidii in zweyhundert und sechsundzwantzig Kupffern
• 1694Biblisches Engel- u. Kunst Werck
• 1700Historische Bilder-Bibel / welche besteht in Fünff Theil
• 1706Heilige / Augen- und Gemüths-Lust
• 1710Tapisseries du roy

References

• Wilhelm Schmidt, 'Kraus, Johann Ulrich' in:Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie(ADB). vol. 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, 73 f.
• Christoph Schwingenstein, 'Kraus, Johann Ulrich' in:Neue Deutsche Biographie(NDB). vol. 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, 689 f.

External links

Media related toJohann Ulrich Kraußat Wikimedia Commons

• Johann Ulrich Kraus (1655-1719),National Portrait Gallery, London