VISCHER, Peter the Younger
(b. 1487, Nürnberg, d. 1528, Nürnberg)

Tomb of Dr. Anton Kress

c. 1513
Bronze, height 130 cm
St Lorenzkirche, Nuremberg

This truly Renaissance memorial to a local patrician is a remarkable work by the Vischer workshop, probably by the hand of Peter Vischer the Younger. He had made a study trip to Italy, particularly to the Padua bronze studio of Andrea Riccio, and he doubtless should be credited with the design of this relief.