Alte Synagogue (Berlin)
Michael Kemmeter
Anna Maria Werner
A.B. Goblin
Friedrich August Calau
1714

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Michael Kemmeter
Born in Regensburg, Michael Kemmeter was a German architect who constructed the Alte Synagogue in Berlin.
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Anna Maria Werner
Anna M. Werner was a miniaturist active in Berlin in the early eighteenth century.
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A.B. Goblin
Nothing is known about A. B. Goblin, an engraver who likely worked in Germany.
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Friedrich August Calau
Friedrich August Calau was the son of the Prussian court painter Benjamin Calau. Born in Leipzig, he worked as a miniature painter, watercolorist, and draftsman in Berlin and was best known for his pictures of Berlin and its surroundings. He is credited as the artist of over three hundred works.
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