Hans Bock (painter)

Hans Bock (1550, in Saverne – 16 March 1624, in Basel)^[1] was a 16th Century German painter and draughtsman. He flourished at Basel where he executed several large frescoes, which won him much fame.^[2]

Bock is likely to have been working in Basel as early as 1570; in 1572 he paid for membership to the local guild of painters. He was awarded citizenship to Basel on the 18th of July, 1572.^[3] In 1571 and 1572, while still being trained by Hans Hug Kluber [de], he designed two murals for the house of Theodor Zwinger, but it is not known if one was executed.^[4]

From 1588 to 1591, he cooperated with the scholar Basilius Amerbach in the excavation of the Roman theater Augusta Raurica, providing illustrations of the newly excavated site.^[5] He is likely to have educated the young Joseph Heintz in draughtsmanship.^[6]

Bock had five children; Emanuel Bock the Elder, Felix Bock, Hans Bock the Younger, Niklaus Bock and Peter Bock.^[1]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Bock, Hans (der Ältere)". SIKART.
2. ^ Bryan, Michael (1886). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. 1: A-K. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 142.
3. ^ Zeichnung/Drawings 2012 (PDF). August Laube. 2012. p. 46.
4. ^ Möhle, Martin (2010). "Das Zwingerhaus am Nadelberg". E-Periodica. Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde. pp. 219–226.
5. ^ Schmitt, Lothar (2001). "Education and Learning among Sixteenth-Century German Artists". Studies in the History of Art. 60: 72–81. JSTOR 42622762.
6. ^ Turner, Nicholas; Hendrix, Lee; Plazzotta, Carol (1997). European Drawings 3: Catalogue of the Collections (PDF). The J. Paul Getty Museum. p. 164.

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