Hans von Aachen (1552 – 4 March 1615) was a German artist, one of the leading painters of Northern Mannerism. He was trained in the tradition of Netherlandish Renaissance painting but then spent 14 years in Italy, based in Venice, before returning to Germany, but to Bavaria in the south-west rather than his native Rhineland in the north-east. He was a versatile and productive artist, though preferring to work on a small scale; many of his works are cabinet paintingson copper. He was successful as a painter of princely and aristocratic portraits, and was also able to turn his hand to religious and mythological subjects, as well as the eroti...