Abstract

This woodcut by Hans Baldung Grien is a good example of the Luther imagery that circulated before and after the Diet of Worms in 1521. Wearing the habit of an Augustinian friar, he is depicted as a divinely inspired holy man. This portrait of Luther was first used to illustrate a Protestant pamphlet and was subsequently reproduced multiple times.

Martin Luther as Holy Man (c. 1521)

Hieronymus Hopfer

Source

Source: Hans Baldung Grien, Portrait of Martin Luther, woodcut, c. 1521. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett. https://id.smb.museum/object/1042363

SMB

Recommended Citation

Martin Luther as Holy Man (c. 1521), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3309> [April 22, 2025].