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Hans Baldung

1484 - 1545

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Baldung is the 197th most popular painter (down from 189th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Germany (down from 483rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Painter.

Hans Baldung is most famous for his paintings of the devil, witches, and other supernatural beings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hans Baldung ranks 197 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Hans von Aachen, Henry Fuseli, Pieter de Hooch, Aristide Maillol, and Pietro da Cortona. After him are Agostino Carracci, Niko Pirosmani, Maurice Utrillo, Johannes Itten, Han van Meegeren, and Lucas Cranach the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Hans Baldung ranks 3. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, and Bartolomé de las Casas. After him are Anne of Foix-Candale, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Sebastian Cabot, Matteo Bandello, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Mascarenhas. Among people deceased in 1545, Hans Baldung ranks 3. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger, and Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal. After him are Injong of Joseon, Albert of Brandenburg, Elizabeth of Austria, Peter Faber, Sher Shah Suri, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, and Nikola Jurišić.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Baldung ranks 537 out of 7,253. Before him are Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), Felix Klein (1849), Walter Scheel (1919), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), and Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667). After him are Ulrike Meinhof (1934), Theodor Morell (1886), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), and Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Hans Baldung ranks 17. Before him are Emil Nolde (1867), Otto Dix (1891), Anselm Kiefer (1945), Franz Stuck (1863), Gerhard Richter (1932), and Hans von Aachen (1552). After him are Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Gabriele Münter (1877), George Grosz (1893), August Macke (1887), and Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805).

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