# Saint John on Patmos

**Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)** (German, 1484–1545)  
ca. 1511  
Oil, gold, and white metal on spruce  
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)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.451. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435600).

## About this work

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) painted this in about 1511, aged about 22. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/hans-baldung-called-hans-baldung-grien)

German, 1484–1545; died in Strasbourg

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was about 22
- Real size: about 35 × 30 in (90 × 77 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 12 × 16 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 16th century
- Subjects: Eagles, Madonna and Child, Saint John the Evangelist, Saints, Writing
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1059.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1059/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-john-on-patmos-met-435600).