The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Achen, Johann von

ACHEN, Johann, (“Hans”) von, ä′ʜen, yō′hän fon, or ACKEN, ä′ken, German painter: b. Cologne, 1512; d. 1615. He studied at home, and at Venice under Kaspar Rems, and took service with the Bavarian court 1590; later went to Prague at the invitation of Emperor Rudolph II. The Protestant church at Cologne contains his ‘Crucifixion,’ the cathedral at Bonn his ‘Entombment,’ and among his other works are ‘Christ Raising the Widow's Son,’ and ‘Truth Victorious under Protection of Justice.’