Saint John on Patmos, 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), Paintings, Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) (German, Schwabisch Gmund (? ) 1484/85?1545 Strasbourg (Strassburg) ), A painter and printmaker of great originality, Baldung was trained in Durer?s Nuremberg studio before he established his own workshop in Strasbourg in 1509. This painting shows Saint John in exile on the island of Patmos, experiencing a vision of the Virgin as he writes his Book of Revelation