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Also Known As Roger of Helmarshausen • Theophilus Presbyter
Flourished c.1075 - 1174
Notable Works “De diversis artibus”
Subjects Of Study craftsmanship • decorative art

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Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Marianne Brandt
German painter, photographer and designer
Saints Christopher, Eustace, and Erasmus
Tilman Riemenschneider
German sculptor
The Archangel Raphael
Veit Stoss
German sculptor
Notke, Bernt: St. George and the Dragon
Bernt Notke
German sculptor
Master E.S.
German engraver
Wilhelm von Bode
German art critic
Philippe Caffiéri
French sculptor
Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Donatello: David
Donatello
Italian sculptor
William Morris
British artist and author
Eva Zeisel
Hungarian American designer and ceramicist
saltcellar of Francis I
Benvenuto Cellini
Italian artist
Leo Castelli
American art dealer
Fabergé cigarette box
Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian jeweler
Nicholas Hilliard: A Young Man Among Roses
Nicholas Hilliard
English painter
Figure 167: Sterling silver knife, fork, and spoon, designed by Georg Jensen, Copenhagen, 1916.
Georg Jensen
Danish silversmith