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Saint John on Patmos

ca. 1511
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 607
A painter and printmaker of great originality, Baldung was trained in Albrecht Dürer’s Nuremberg studio before he established his own workshop in Strasbourg in 1509. This painting shows Saint John in exile on the Greek island of Patmos, experiencing a vision of the Virgin as he writes his Book of Revelation. The panel originally joined two others to form a triptych, commissioned by a religious order in Strasbourg.

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Object Information
  • Title: Saint John on Patmos
  • Artist: Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) (German, Schwäbisch Gmünd (?) 1484/85–1545 Strasbourg)
  • Date: ca. 1511
  • Medium: Oil, gold, and white metal on spruce
  • Dimensions: Overall 35 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (89.5 x 76.8 cm); painted surface 34 3/8 x 29 3/4 in. (87.3 x 75.6 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers and Fletcher Funds; The Vincent Astor Foundation, The Dillon Fund, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, Lawrence A. Fleischman, Mrs. Henry J. Heinz II, The Willard T. C. Johnson Foundation Inc., Reliance Group Holdings Inc., Baron H. H. Thyssen-Bornemisza, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gifts; Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; special funds; and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1983
  • Object Number: 1983.451
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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