Hans von AachenGerman, 1552–1615Opwekking van Lazarus
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Unknown
Where is “Opwekking van Lazarus” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-T-1883-A-204
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Hans von Aachen
The whole life1552
Born
c. 1574
Departure for Italy
Having trained in Cologne under the Flemish portrait painter Georg Jerrigh and probably having joined the painters' guild, the 22-year-old sets off for Italy. Venice attracts him first.
1575
Trip to Rome
He studies antique sculptures and the works of Italian masters and joins the circle of northern artists active in Rome: Otto van Veen, Joris Hoefnagel, the brothers Paul and Matthijs Bril, Hans Speckaert and Joseph Heintz the Elder. He secures a commission for a Nativity for the Church of the Gesù, the mother church of the Jesuits.
1587
Return to Germany
After long years in Italy he returns to his homeland, first to Augsburg, where he paints portraits for the wealthy Fugger family; he also works in Munich, where he is commissioned to paint two altarpieces for the church of St Michael (other accounts date his return to about 1588).
1589
Chooses Munich as his residence
After visiting his native Cologne and making another trip to Venice, he chooses Munich as his residence and paints several works for Duke William V of Bavaria. Under the influence of the strictly Catholic court he develops an iconography strongly shaped by Counter-Reformation ideas.
1592
Post: court painter
