Christus aan het kruis
Hans Baldung Grien
1505 - 1507
Medium
paper
Dimensions
162; 238
About this artwork
height 238 mm x width 162 mm
About the Artist
Hans Baldung Grien
Hans Baldung, known by the nickname Grien, was born around 1484 or 1485 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, in the Swabia region of what is now Germany. He came from a distinguished academic family — his father Johann Baldung was a university-educated jurist who served as legal adviser to the bishop of Strasbourg — making Hans a notable exception as the first male in his family not to attend university, and one ...