Hans Baldung GrienGerman, 1484–1545Bekering van Paulus
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Bekering van Paulus” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Paulus is te paard op weg naar Damascus als hij wordt verblind door licht uit de hemel. Zijn paard steigert en zijn hoed en tas vallen op de grond. Op een wolk verschijnt Christus met een Taukruis en drie engelen.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-4102
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Hans Baldung Grien
The whole life1503–1507
Assistant in Dürer’s workshop in Nuremberg
During the “Wanderjahre” required of artists of the time, Baldung became an assistant to Albrecht Dürer and perfected his art with him until 1507; he quickly picked up the master’s style, and the two became friends. He seems to have run Dürer’s workshop during Dürer’s second stay in Venice, and near the end of his Nuremberg years oversaw the production of stained glass, woodcuts and engravings.
1503–1507
The nickname “Grien” — “Green”
It was possibly in Dürer’s workshop that he got the nickname “Grien” — for his love of green and green clothing, or to tell him apart from two other Hanses in the shop, Schäufelin and Suess von Kulmbach. He later worked the name into his monogram; it has also been suggested that it echoes “grienhals”, a German word for witch — one of his signature themes.
1509
Returns to Strasbourg and becomes a citizen
When his Nuremberg years came to an end, Baldung returned to Strasbourg and became a citizen; he became a celebrity of the town and received many important commissions. He was close to Sebastian Brant and Ulrich von Hutten.
