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Hans von Aachen
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hans von Achen, Hans von Ach, Johann von Aachen, Johann von Achen, Johann von Aken, Hans Ach, Hans Aachen, Hans von Aacken
German painter (1552–1615)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Place of birth
- Cologne
- Place of death
- Prague
- Occupation
- court painter
- Position held
- court painter
- Employer
- Emperor Rudolf II
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- erotic art
- Genre
- portrait
- Movement
- German Renaissance
- Image
- Aachen Selbstbildnis.jpg
- Work location
- Prague
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- Commons category
- Hans von Aachen
- date of birth
- 1556-00-00
- date of death
- 1615-03-04
- Commons gallery
- Hans von Aachen
- Commons Creator page
- Hans von Aachen
- place of burial
- St. Vitus Cathedral
- student
- Pieter Isaacsz
- sponsor
- Emperor Rudolf II
- has works in the collection
- Cologne’s Municipal Museum
- name in native language
- Hans von Aachen
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Hans von Aachen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Bartholomaeus Spranger
Melchior Reder
![[The Death of Christ]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsadeler-e-wb3-0019%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Death of Christ]
![[The Life and Suffering of Jesus Christ, Cover]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsadeler-e-ab3-0089%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Life and Suffering of Jesus Christ, Cover]
Zacharias Geizkofler
Nesenie kríža
Christ’s grave
Holy Night
Greis with scroll, reading young and Putto
Anna-Selbdritt, John the Evangelist, Saint Catherine
Dome scene
Altar
The Victory of the Truth
Astronomical clock
cross removal
Shower side (first)
Ship with full sails on the sea
![[The Baptism of Christ]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsadeler-e-ab3-0094%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Baptism of Christ]
Christ’s grave
![[The Adoration of the Magi]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsadeler-e-wb3-0014%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Adoration of the Magi]
![[Michael Adolf von Althann]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fl-kilian-ab3-0053%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Michael Adolf von Althann]
![[The Parces]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsadeler-e-wb3-0038%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Parces]
Heinrich Julius, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
Juno, Venus, Pallas Athena
![[The Adoration of the Magi]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsadeler-e-ab3-0093%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Adoration of the Magi]
![[The Foot Washing of Christ]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsadeler-e-wb3-0017%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Foot Washing of Christ]
Herman Christoph Rueswurmb
![[The Annunciation]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsadeler-e-ab3-0090%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Annunciation]
Annunciation to Mary
Drawing Z 4794 (generated _ short)
![[The Circumcision of Christ]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsadeler-e-wb3-0013%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Circumcision of Christ]
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[Agony in the garden]
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Encyclopedic overview
Two Laughing Men (Self-portrait), before 1574
Hans von Aachen (1552 – 4 March 1615) was a German painter who was one of the leading representatives of Northern Mannerism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hans von Aachen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.