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Caspar Hedio

A work made of woodcut in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of woodcut in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1543

Artist:

Hans Baldung Grien
German, 1484/85-1545

About this artwork

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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Published 1543

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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