Hans von Aachen

Hans von Aachen
Hans von Aachen. Self-portrait. c. 1574(1574).
Description	German painter and draughtsman
Date of birth	1552(1552)
Place of birth	Cologne
Date of death	4 March 1615(1615-03-04)
Place of death	Prague

Portraits

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  Jan Saenredam. Portrait of Hans von Aachen. 1601.

Self-portraits

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  Two laughing men (double self-portrait). Ca. 1574.

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  Self-portrait. c. 1574(1574).

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  A couple at a guesthouse. Ca. 1596.

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  Couple with a mirror. Ca. 1596.

Works

1574-1600

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  Two laughing men (double self-portrait). Ca. 1574. Olomouc, Museum of Art.

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  Self-portrait. Ca. 1574. Panel. 51.2 × 36.5 cm. Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum.

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  Portrait of Gaspar Rem. Ca. 1574-1575. Canvas. 49 × 41.5 cm. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Portrait of Joseph Heintz. 1585. oil on canvas. 57 × 44 cm (22.4 × 17.3 in).

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  Portrait of Lodewijk Toeput. c. 1585-1587. canvas. 56.4 × 45.5 cm (22.2 × 17.9 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Portrait of Jacopo Biliverti. 1586. oil on canvas. 58.5 × 46 cm (23 × 18.1 in). Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum.

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  Portrait of a Man. oil on canvas. 50.3 × 40.4 cm (19.8 × 15.9 in). Leeds, Thomasso Brothers (2009).

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  Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Late 16th century. Oil on panel. 65 × 58.5 cm. Warsaw, National Museum.

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  Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl. Ca. 1580-1585. Pen in brown, heightened with white. 33 × 27.9 cm. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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  Mercury and Ceres flying through the air. brown pen. 15.3 × 17.7 cm (6 × 7 in). Paris, Musée du Louvre.

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  The rape of Proserpine. 1587. oil on canvas. 109 × 150 cm (42.9 × 59.1 in). Sibiu, Brukenthal National Museum.

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  The judgment of Paris. 1588. oil on canvas. 87.5 × 133 cm (34.4 × 52.4 in). Douai, Musée de la Chartreuse.

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  Portrait of William V, Duke of Bavaria. Ca. 1589. Landshut, Trausnitz Castle (?).

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  The finding of the True Cross. Oil on canvas. 156.9 × 210.9 cm. London, Christie's (16 December 1998).

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  Madonna enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist. 1589. brown pen on paper. 22.8 × 33.8 cm (9 × 13.3 in). Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art.

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  The Holy Family with Saint Dorothea offering fruit to the Christ child. drawing. 29.5 × 20.3 cm (11.6 × 8 in). Paris, Louvre Museum.

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  The Holy Family. between 1588(1588) and 1590(1590). oil on panel. 56.2 × 42.2 cm (22.1 × 16.6 in). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum.

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  Portrait of a young man. Oil on panel. 45.7 × 35.3 cm. New York, Christie's (26 January 2005).

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  Pallas Athena, Venus and Juno. 1593. oil on canvas. 54 × 67 cm (21.3 × 26.4 in). Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.

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  Couple with a mirror. c. 1596(1596). copper. 25 × 20 cm (9.8 × 7.9 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  A couple at a guesthouse. c. 1596(1596). canvas. 63 × 50 cm (24.8 × 19.7 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Bacchus, Venus and Cupid. c. 1595-1600. canvas. 63 × 50 cm (24.8 × 19.7 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Venus, Cupid and a satyr. c. 1595-1598. copper. 30.5 × 21 cm (12 × 8.3 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Tobit and the Angel. brown pen. 22.9 × 20.5 cm (9 × 8.1 in). New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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  The Amazement of the Gods (?). 1590s (?). Oil on copper. 35.5 × 45.8 cm. London, National Gallery.

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  Coronation of Mary. c. 1596(1596). oil on canvas. Ausgburg, St. Ulrich und Afra.

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  Ecce Homo. c. 1590-1600. brown pen. 36.2 × 27.6 cm (14.3 × 10.9 in). New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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  Design of the frontispiece of the Virgil edition by Jacobus Pontanus. c. 1599(1599). brown pen over pencil on paper. 33 × 20.8 cm (13 × 8.2 in). Göttingen, Kunstsammlung der Universität.

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  The Triumpg of Truth. 1598. oil on copper. 56 × 47 cm (22 × 18.5 in). Munich, Alte Pinakothek.

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  Hercules defeating the vices. c. 1600(1600). black pen over chalk on paper. 31.1 × 21.1 cm (12.2 × 8.3 in). Göttingen, Kunstsammlung der Universität.

Alabaster paintings

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  The liberation of Andromeda. c. 1600(1600). painting on alabaster. 38 × 45 cm (15 × 17.7 in). Innsbruck, Ambras Castle.

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  The unleashing of the winds. c. 1600(1600). painting on alabaster. 38 × 45 cm (15 × 17.7 in). Innsbruck, Ambras Castle.

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  The fall of Phaëton. c. 1600(1600). Innsbruck, Ambras Castle.

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  Expulsion from Paradise. 25 × 21.5 cm (9.8 × 8.5 in). Innsbruck, Ambras Castle.

Adonis held back by Venus while going hunting

Two-sided drawing

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  front: Adonis held back by Venus while going hunting. c. 1600(1600). brown pen. 19 × 25.3 cm (7.5 × 10 in). Paris, Musée du Louvre.

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  reverse: A naked child laying on its back. c. 1600(1600). brown pen (?). 19 × 25.3 cm (7.5 × 10 in). Paris, Musée du Louvre.

1600-1602

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  Bacchus, Ceres and Amor. c. 1600(1600). oil on canvas. 163 × 113 cm (64.2 × 44.5 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Boy with grapes. c. 1600-1605. panel. 45 × 36 cm (17.7 × 14.2 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Pan and Selene. 1600-1605. Oil on panel. 40 × 49.2 cm. London, Christie's (7 december 2010).

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  Allegory of Peace, Art, and Abundance. 1602. oil on canvas. 197 × 142 cm (77.6 × 55.9 in). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum.

Allegories on the Ottoman wars

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  Allegorie on the battle of Șelimbăr. c. 1599(1599). brown pen. 24 × 25.3 cm (9.4 × 10 in). New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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  Allegory on the declaration of war before Constantinople. c. 1603-1604. Paper or parchment mounted on canvas. 34 × 42 cm (13.4 × 16.5 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Allegorie on the battle of Gurăslău. c. 1603-1604. Paper or parchment mounted on canvas. 34 × 42 cm (13.4 × 16.5 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Allegory on the battle of Sisak. c. 1603-1604. Paper or parchment mounted on canvas. 34 × 42 cm (13.4 × 16.5 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Allegorie on the battle of Braşov. c. 1603-1604. Paper or parchment mounted on canvas. 34 × 42 cm (13.4 × 16.5 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Allegory on the conquest of Stuhlweißenburg (Székesfehérvár). c. 1603-1604. Paper or parchment mounted on canvas. 34 × 42 cm (13.4 × 16.5 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

1604-1615

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  Portrait of Anna of Austria (1585-1618). 1604. canvas. 58 × 48 cm (22.8 × 18.9 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  The Three Graces. 1604. oil on canvas. 209.7 × 138.6 cm (82.6 × 54.6 in). Bucharest, National Museum of Art of Romania.

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  Matchmaking scene. c. 1605-1610. panel. 113.5 × 133 cm (44.7 × 52.4 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  The Good Samaritan. brown pen. 21.6 × 31.2 cm (8.5 × 12.3 in). Paris, Musée du Louvre.

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  Virgin and Child. 1606. oil on panel. 37.5 × 26 cm (14.8 × 10.2 in). Dinant, Premonstratensian abbey of Leffe.

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  Portrait of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor. c. 1606-1608. canvas. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  The Annunciation. 1610.

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  Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, as King of Bohemia. 1612. Oil on canvas. Prague, Prague Castle.

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  Portrait of a man, possibly Johannes Kepler. Ca. 1612. Prague, National Gallery in Prague.

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  Portrait of a girl. c. 1612(1612). oil on canvas. Prague, Prague Castle.

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  David and Bathsheba. c. 1612-1615. canvas. 138 × 105 cm (54.3 × 41.3 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Allegory on mortality

Two-sided drawing

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  front: Allegory on mortality. ink on paper. 23 × 17.5 cm (9.1 × 6.9 in). Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum.

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  reverse: Sketch of a Virgin with Child. drawing. 17.5 × 23 cm (6.9 × 9.1 in). Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum.

Disputed works

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  Hans Vredeman de Vries (architecture) and possibly Hans von Aachen (figures). The Annunciation. 1598. Oil on panel. 221 × 140 cm. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Attributed to Hans von Aachen. The Resurrection. brown pen on laid paper. 22.2 × 14.5 cm (8.7 × 5.7 in). Upton, Massachusetts, Spaightwood Galleries (2010).

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  Hans von Aachen or workshop. The deposition and deploration of Christ. pen and watercolor. 37.7 × 37.7 cm (14.8 × 14.8 in). Paris, Musée du Louvre.

After Hans van Aachen

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  Aegidius Sadeler (after a painting by Hans von Aachen). Portrait of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor. 1603. Engraving. Various collections.

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  The triumpg of Truth protected by Justice. black pen over chalk on paper. 34 × 23.1 cm (13.4 × 9.1 in). Göttingen, Kunstsammlung der Universität.

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  The Adoration of the Shepherds. after 1600(1600). copper. 24 × 18 cm (9.4 × 7.1 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  The crucifixion of Christ. after 1600(1600). copper. 33 × 26 cm (13 × 10.2 in). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

School of Hans van Aachen

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  The Deposition. oil on canvas. 118 × 189 cm (46.5 × 74.4 in). Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts.

Circle of Hans von Aachen

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  Portrait of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor. 1600-1625. oil on canvas. 104 × 80 cm (40.9 × 31.5 in). Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

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  The disrobement of Christ before the crucifixion. oil on copper. 29 × 21.5 cm (11.4 × 8.5 in). Berlin, Bassenge (2010?).

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  Athena. Oil on panel. 48.5 × 40.5 cm. Brzeg, Museum of Silesian Piasts.

Manner of Hans von Aachen

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  Portrait of Johannes von Esch
  between 1576(1576) and 1600(1600)
  oil on oak panel
  47.5 × 37 cm
  Cologne, Kölnisches Stadtmuseum

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  Saint Catherine. 142 × 62 cm (55.9 × 24.4 in). Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum.

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  Virgin and Child with a Carthusian monk as donor. 140 × 61 cm (55.1 × 24 in). Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum.

Follower of Hans von Aachen

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  Allegory of Peace (?). black pen and red watercolor on paper. 22 × 19 cm (8.7 × 7.5 in). Göttingen, Kunstsammlung der Universität.

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  Saint Cecilia with angels making music. 17th century. Oil on canvas. 54 × 78 cm. Present whereabouts unknown.