Portrait of a Man in front of a Rose Hedge

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Artist

Baldung, Hans

nationality

German

birth-death

1484-1545

Creation date

1512-1513

Collection

European

Materials

oil on wood

Dimensions

14 3/16 x 11 1/8 in.

Currently On View

Location

Portraiture, Medieval Art gallery

Credit line

Bequest of Allen Whitehill Clowes

Accession number

2001.239

Provenance
Gallery Label

Provenance

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Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.

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Hans Baldung was arguably the most talented of Albrecht Dürer's many pupils. He was a journeyman in the Dürer workshop between 1503 and 1507, exactly the same years as Hans Schäufelein.

This portrait was painted about 1512, shortly after Baldung established himself as an independent artist in Strasbourg. The identity of the sitter is unknown, but his green brocade sleeve and fur collar attest to his wealth. The rose bushes behind him provide another clue and may even be a visual pun on the man's name. More generally, the inclusion of roses in portraits is often intended as a reference to youth.

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