Gregor Erhart (c. 1470? – 1540) was a German sculptor who was born at

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, the son of sculptor Michel Erhart. Gregor spent his working career at

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, where he was made master in 1496, and where he died. Attributions of sculpture to his workshop, mixing Late Gothic and Renaissance formulas, are based on a single documented work originally from the Cistercian Kaisheim Abbey, which was lost in World War II.

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1470s births 1540 deaths 15th-century German sculptors German male sculptors 16th-century German sculptors Gothic sculptors {{Germany-sculptor-stub

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