Hans Bock (1550, in

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– 16 March 1624, in

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) was a 16th Century German painter and draughtsman. He flourished at

where he executed several large frescoes, which won him much fame. Bock is likely to have been working in Basel as early as 1570; in 1572 he paid for membership to the local

guild A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradesmen belonging to a professional association. They sometimes ...

of painters. He was awarded citizenship to Basel on the 18th of July, 1572. He is likely to have educated the young Joseph Heintz in draughtsmanship. From 1588 to 1591, he cooperated with the scholar

Basilius Amerbach Basilius Amerbach (1 December 1533 – 25 April 1591) was a lawyer, professor and collector from Basel. He was the only son of Bonifacius Amerbach. He began to study law in 1552 at the University of Tübingen. In 1553 he studied at the Univers ...

in the excavation of the Roman theater

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, providing illustrations of the newly excavated site. Bock had five children; Emanuel Bock the Elder, Felix Bock, Hans Bock the Younger, Niklaus Bock and Peter Bock.

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16th-century German painters German male painters {{Germany-painter-stub