Artist

Hans Wechtlin

Pyramus and Thisbe
The Knight and  Lansquenet
St. John on the Island of Patmos
St. Anne, the Virgin and Christ Child

German, 1480–1526

Hans Wechtlin was a German Renaissance artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Hans Wechtlin was born in Strasbourg.

Johann, Johannes or Hans Wechtlin was a German Renaissance artist, active between at least 1502 and 1526, whose woodcuts are his only certainly surviving work. He was the most prolific producer of German chiaroscuro woodcuts, printed in two or more colours, during their period in fashion, though most of his output was of book illustrations.

Works by Hans Wechtlin

Collections represented

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