Caspar Hedio

Prints and Drawings

1543

Hans Baldung Grien
German, 1484/85-1545

Here Hans Baldung Grien depicted the theologian Caspar Hedio, who may have been a longtime acquaintance of the artist, as an uncompromising individual with an intense gaze. The woodcut appeared as the author portrait in Hedio’s Selected Chronicle of the World, from Its Beginnings until the Year 1543. Hedio’s furrowed brow, darting eyes, and clenched fingertips reveal his aggressive character, an effect greatly enhanced by the change from the original soft silverpoint drawing to these harsh woodcut lines. A leader of the Protestant Reformation, Hedio had a reputation as a fiery preacher who advocated stridently for expanding the Reformation to unconverted territories.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Hans Baldung Grien
Title: Caspar Hedio
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
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Medium: Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 17.4 × 13 cm (6 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 18 × 13.9 cm (7 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 1947.556
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