Hans Baldung was a German painter and printmaker and was considered one of the most talented and successful students of Albrecht DĂĽrer. His artistic life's work comprises 90 paintings and altarpieces, around 350 drawings and 180 book illustrations. Baldung came from a family of intellectuals and academics. The majority of his relatives were doctors or lawyers. It was rather untypical at that time for the son of a purely academic family to pursue an artistic career. In fact, Hans Baldung was the only man in the family without a university degree and one of the first German artists from a purely academic family. Little is known about his early education. Since he grew up in Strasbourg, it is assumed that his first teacher must have been a painter from the region.
As was customary for journeymen of the time, Baldung also began his years of travel and left Strasbourg at the age of about 19. He moved to Nuremberg and was taken up in the workshop of Albrecht Dürer. Baldung soon began to absorb Dürer's influence and the two of them were bound together by a very deep friendship throughout their lives. Baldung probably took over the management of Dürer's workshop in Nuremberg when he made his second trip to Venice. According to documents, Dürer took some of Baldung's work with him on his trip and sold it for him. During his time with Dürer, Baldung received his nickname Grien. It was probably intended to make it easier to distinguish the various artists with the first name Hans in the workshop, such as Hans Schäufelein or Dürer's younger brother Hans. Later Baldung also signed his paintings with the initials HGB. Historians do not agree on the reason for this nickname. Some suspect it could be due to his special preference for the colour green, others see a connection to the word Grienhals, which means witch. For one of the central themes of his works, apart from religious motifs, was witchcraft, mystical, erotic depictions and later death. In Dürer's works there were always witches, but by far not as often as in Baldung's works.
After six years Baldung finally left DĂĽrer's workshop. He returned to Strasbourg and was granted citizenship. Then he opened his own workshop and joined the local guild Zur Steltz. He soon became one of the most respected personalities in the city and was a much sought-after artist. Baldung married Margarethe Herlin, the daughter of a local merchant. The couple spent most of their life together in Strasbourg. For Baldung's largest commission in the course of his career, however, they moved temporarily to Freiburg im Breisgau, where he was to design the high altar of the Freiburg Cathedral, among other things. It took him almost four years to complete the project. Baldung became one of the wealthiest men in the city and a member of the Strasbourg city council.
×
Passionate Customer Service
.jpg "The Drunk Bacchus by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ on the Cross with Mary, St. John, Mary Magdalen and St. Stephen by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Virgin and Child, c1500-1545 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Adam and Eve Holding a Star, illustration from Beschlossen Gart des Rosenkranz Mariae by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Jerome in the Desert, ca. 1511 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Egyptians Crossing the Red Sea (from Das Buch Granatapfel) by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, title page from Hymni de tempore et de sanctis by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Bearded Old Man Saturn, 1516, 1943 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Saint Andrew by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Chart of the Signs of the Zodiac with Venus, Cupid, and a Bishop Saint by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Jerome in the Desert by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ Carried to Heaven by Angels by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Bewitched Groom by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "New Year")
.jpg)
.jpg "Martyrdom of St. Sebastian with Two Crossbow Men by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Last Judgment by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Saint Martin on Horseback, 15th-16th Century by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Sixth of Ten Commandments, from Die zehe gebot by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Virgin on the Grassy Bank, 1505 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Bearded Old Man Saturn, 1516 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ with a Globe by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Bearded Man by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Great St. Sebastian, 1514 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. James the Greater from Christ and the Apostles by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ on the Cross with Mary, St. John, Mary Magdalen and St. Stephen, 1505 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. John the Baptist Holding the Lamb by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Three Fates: Lachesis, Atropos and Klotho by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Lamentation for Christ by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Descent from the Cross by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saints Longinus, Mary Magdalen and John by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ from Christ and the Apostles by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Judas Thaddaeus from Christ and the Apostles, 1519 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Saint Thomas from Christ and the Apostles, 1519 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Jerome in the Desert, ca. 1511 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Descent from the Cross by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Man of Sorrows, from Speculum Passionis Domini Nostri Ihesu Christi by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Lucretia by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Philip from Christ and the Apostles, 1519 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Adam and Eve, c. 1514 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Descent from the Cross, 1505 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of a Lady, ca 1530 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Bewitched Groom by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Mary Magdalen, ca. 1512 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Title Border with Man in Armor in Center by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Caring for the Dead, illustration from Speculum Passionis by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Jerome in the Wilderness by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Catherine by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Great St. Sebastian by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Two Mothers with Children Die Kinderaue by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Lamentation for Christ by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Adam and Eve by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Saint Paul from Christ and the Apostles by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Witches by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Virgin and Child with Eight Angels in a Landscape by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Barbara by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St Peter Holding His Symbol of a Key by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Bewitched Groom by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Two Mothers by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Two Mothers by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. John the Baptist by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ with the Instruments of Torture Supported by a Little Angel by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Expulsion from Paradise, 1514 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Martin by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Bewitched Groom by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Simon from Christ and the Apostles by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ecce Homo with Ornamental Border Showing the Triumph of Bacchus by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Jerome in the Wilderness by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Lamentation by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Matthew from Christ and the Apostles by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Philip from Christ and the Apostles by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Adam and Eve by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "High Noon by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Group of Seven Horses by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Conversion of Paul by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ with the Instruments of Torture Supported by a Little Angel by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Holy Family with St. Anna and St. Joachim by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Group of Seven Horses by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Andrew from Christ and the Apostles by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ Carried to Heaven by Angels by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Raising of the Cross (verso: The Raising of the Cross, from Speculum Passionis Domini) by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Mass of Saint Gregory by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Lamentation for Christ by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of Charles V by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Conversion of St. Paul by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Adam and Eve by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Angels Served at a Table, Illustration from Speculum Passionis by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Ages and Death by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Witches, 1510 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Saint Anne with the Christ Child, the Virgin, and Saint John the Baptist by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Knight, the Young Girl and Death, c1510, 1939 by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Christ Nailed to the Cross by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Crucifixion of Christ by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Three Graces by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Trinity and Mystic PietĂ by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Mass of Saint Gregory by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Martyrdom of St. Lawrence by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Adam and Eve by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Saint John on Patmos by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Adam and Eve by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
.jpg "Two Witches by Hans Baldung")
.jpg)
+43 4257 29415
support@meisterdrucke.com
Mo-Do: 7:00 - 16:00 | Fr: 7:00 - 13:00
