Hans von Aachen Hans von Aachen (1552 – 4 March 1615) was a German painter who stood as one of the foremost representatives of Northern Mannerism, an artistic movement that flourished in the Low Countries and Germany during the late sixteenth century. Little is known about his early life; however, it’s believed he received his formative artistic training within the workshop of Leonardus Sievenhoven, a prominent Cologne painter whose influence undoubtedly shaped von Aachen's stylistic trajectory. Artistic Style and Influences Von Aachen’s oeuvre is characterized by a distinctive Mannerist a…