Hans Baldung Grien at the Prado Museum

He was Dürer's most ambitious apprentice and probably ran his workshop during the master's second trip to Italy. From those years he kept the nickname «Grien», German for green. The Prado devotes an exhibition to Hans Baldung Grien (1484/85-1545), one of the central figures of the German Renaissance. 🎨🌿

The starting point is the museum's own pair of panels, recently restored.

🎨 HANS BALDUNG GRIEN

📅 20 November 2026 to 7 March 2027

🕐 Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 8 pm · Sundays and public holidays, 10 am to 7 pm

📍 Prado Museum · Paseo del Prado, s/n

🎟️ General admission €15 · Includes the collection and temporary exhibitions

🖼️ The exhibition

«Harmony» (or «The Three Graces») and «The Ages and Death» are among his last works, from around 1541-1544. They entered Philip II's collection as a diptych: on one side an ideal vision of beauty, on the other the ages of life marching through a wintry landscape that recalls a Bosch hell. Restoration has revealed botanical details and the difference in tone between the two panels.

The show places Baldung between Dürer and Cranach and includes a section on what was found while cleaning the works. Curated by Christine Seidel, head of Flemish and Northern Schools painting.

🏛️ Planning your visit

Tickets come with a time slot, chosen when you buy them. In the last two hours before closing the collection is free and temporary exhibitions are half price. Under-18s and students aged 18 to 25 go free.

ℹ️ Good to know: Closed on 25 December and 1 January. Open 10 am to 2 pm on 24 and 31 December and 6 January.

✨ Beauty and death, face to face, in two German Renaissance panels.