The Lamentation
Hans Baldung Grien
c. 1515
Medium
brush and black ink, heightened with white, on dark brown prepared paper; the surface varnished
Dimensions
overall: 27.2 x 18.3 cm (10 11/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Woodner Collection
Accession Number
1991.182.3
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 ...