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Hans Baldung

1484 - 1545

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Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer and whose art belongs to both German Renaissance and Mannerism. Throughout his lifetime, he developed a distinctive style, full of colour, expression and imagination. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Baldung has received more than 251,223 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Hans Baldung is the 189th most popular painter (up from 200th in 2019), the 483rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 541st in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Painter.

Hans Baldung is most famous for his paintings of the devil, witches, and other supernatural beings.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hans Baldung ranks 189 out of 2,023. Before him are Anselm Kiefer, Johannes Itten, Benozzo Gozzoli, Jan Matejko, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Domenichino. After him are Sonia Delaunay, Helene Schjerfbeck, Giulio Romano, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Utamaro, and Pieter de Hooch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Hans Baldung ranks 3. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, and Bartolomé de las Casas. After him are Anne of Foix-Candale, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Sebastian Cabot, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Mascarenhas. Among people deceased in 1545, Hans Baldung ranks 2. Before him is Hans Holbein the Younger. After him are Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Injong of Joseon, Sher Shah Suri, Elizabeth of Austria, Albert of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Peter Faber, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, and Louis X, Duke of Bavaria.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Baldung ranks 483 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Hermann Staudinger (1881), Gerda Taro (1910), Robert Bosch (1861), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), and Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463). After him are John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572), Ernst Bloch (1885), Rupert, King of Germany (1352), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Emile Berliner (1851), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Hans Baldung ranks 15. Before him are Franz Marc (1880), Hans von Aachen (1552), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Emil Nolde (1867), Otto Dix (1891), and Anselm Kiefer (1945). After him are Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), Gerhard Richter (1932), George Grosz (1893), August Macke (1887), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), and Max Liebermann (1847).

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