Saint John on Patmos
Object type: Painting
Department: European Paintings
Artist: Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)
Artist bio: German, Schwäbisch Gmünd (?) 1484/85–1545 Strasbourg
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: German
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Accession year: 1983
Tags: Eagles|Madonna and Child|Saint John the Evangelist|Saints|Writing