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Curatorial Overview
“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.”
Object Details
DimensionsOverall 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)
Archive / MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit LinePurchase, 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
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)
Classical Art • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery