Hans Baldung
Colorful German Renaissance and Mannerist master
Hans Baldung, called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was an artist in painting and printmaking, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer, whose art belongs to both German Renaissance and Mannerism. Throughout his lifetime, he developed a distinctive style, full of colour, expression and imagination. His talents were varied, and he produced a great and extensive variety of work including portraits, woodcuts, drawings, tapestries, altarpieces, stained glass, allegories and mythological motifs.
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Master student
- Albrecht Dürer Master
Artworks by this artist
- Death and the Maiden 1517
- Kentaur und Putto 1513-15
- Portrait of Adelberg III. of Bärenfels 1527
- The Nativity ca 1509-1510
- Christ Carried to Heaven by Angels c. 1515-17
- The three fates 1513
- Portrait of a Lady circa 1530
- Portrait of a young man 1509
- Mercury
- Venus en Amor 1524-1525
- The Crucifixion of Christ 1512
- Beheading of Saint Dorothea 1516
- Studienblatt mit sieben Köpfen, darunter der Tod 1513-15
- Allegorische Frauengestalt, einen Pokal haltend (Fortuna) 1519
- A woman’s bust 1527
- Madonna with Sleeping Child 1520
- St. Jerome in the Wilderness c. 1511
- The Two Mothers c. 1512-13
- Lamentation c. 1515-17
- Der Tod mit gesenkter Fahne 1505