Johann Ulrich Kraus (also Krauss, Krauß, 1655–1719) was an early German illustrator, engraver and publisher in Augsburg.Kraus became a partner in the Augsburg publishing company of Melchior Küsel, whose daughter Johanna Sibylla he married in 1685.Kraus became one of the most successful and respected illustraters of his generation in Augsburg.His business was damaged in the War of the Spanish Succession, but Kraus seems to have recovered[clarification needed] and in 1717 is recorded in the archives of Augsburg as a wealthy citizen.Media related to Johann Ulrich Krauß at Wikimedia Commons
An engraving by Krauss from
Die Verwandlungen des Ovidii
(
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
), c. 1690. The Greek prophet
Tiresias
strikes two snakes with a stick, and is transformed into a woman by the goddess
Hera
as a punishment
