Adam Kraft

– January 1509) was a German stone sculptor and master builder of the late Gothic period, based in Nuremberg and with a documented career there from 1490.

The tabernacle, that has the shape of a gothic tower reaching into the church's vault, is made up of tracery interspersed with figural scenes from Christ's Passion and was commissioned in 1493 by Hans Imhoff, a patrician from Nuremberg.

[2] The stone tower, which is supported by three figures, was lightly damaged during World War II and restored afterwards.

He also made various works for public and private buildings, such as the relief over the door of the Wagehaus, a Saint George and the Dragon, several Madonnas, and other purely decorative pieces.

The great tabernacle, covered in statuettes, in Ulm Minster, and the very spirited Stations of the Cross, on the road to the Nuremberg cemetery, are also his.

Nuremberg sculptor Adam Kraft, self-portrait from St Lorenz Church , 1490s
St. Lorenz hall choir including the sacrament house by Adam Kraft
Detail of monument from Nuremberg by Adam Kraft, Victoria and Albert Museum