Artist

Hans Baldung Grien

Portrait of Hans Baldung Grien
Portrait of Hans Baldung Grien

Germany

Hans Baldung Grien is a Germany Renaissance painter. 100 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them oil paintings.

Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer and 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, and stained glass, often relying on allegories and mythological motifs.

Works by Hans Baldung Grien

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