Hans Bock
Illustration — Felix Platter, painting from 1584. Hans Bock (1550, in Saverne – 16 March 1624, in Basel) was a 16th Century German painter and draughtsman. He flourished at Basel where he executed several large frescoes, which won him much fame.
Hans Bock
Hans Bock · Marilise Rieder, Hans Peter Rieder, Rudolf Suter: Basilea Botanica. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1979. S. 193. · Public domain
- Born
- 1550 · Saverne.
- Died
- 1624 · Basel.
- Nationality
- Switzerland · France
- Occupation
- painter · restorer · surveying engineer
- Known for
- Dead Christ in the Grave
- Languages
- German
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Hans Bock fu pittore e “Vermessungsingenieur”; la nascita è registrata nel 1550 a Zabern e la morte nel 1624 a Basilea.
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Born at Saverne in 1550, died in Basel in 1624.
The recorded working language is German. Works named in the authority record are Dead Christ in the Grave. Work by Hans Bock is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Kunstmuseum Solothurn and Kunstmuseum Basel.
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- 1.Bock, Hans (der Ältere). SIKART.
- 2.Bryan, Michael. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. London: George Bell & Sons. 1: A-K. 142. 1886.
- 3.August Laube. Zeichnung/Drawings 2012. 46. 2012.
- 4.Möhle, Martin. Das Zwingerhaus am Nadelberg. E-Periodica. Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde. 219–226. 2010.
- 5.Schmitt, Lothar. Education and Learning among Sixteenth-Century German Artists. Studies in the History of Art. 60. 72–81. 2001. 42622762.
- 6.Turner, Nicholas. European Drawings 3: Catalogue of the Collections. The J. Paul Getty Museum. 164. 1997.
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