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.

[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.