Holbein-erasmus.jpg
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Summary
Hans Holbein the Younger : Erasmus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam with Renaissance Pilaster.
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Depicted people | Erasmus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1523 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil and tempera on panel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 73.6 cm (28.9 in)
; width: 51.4 cm (20.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+73.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+51.4U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q180788
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Current location |
2
nd
floor room 04
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Accession number |
L658
(
National Gallery
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Credit line |
lent to
National Gallery
by
Longford Castle
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Inscriptions | HPAKΛEIOI ΠONOI (Greek: Labours of Hercules) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
English:
Desiderius Erasmus
of Rotterdam (1466/69–1536) was a renowned humanist scholar and theologian. He moved in 1521 to Basel, the city where Hans Holbein the Younger lived and had his workshop. Such was the fame of Erasmus, who corresponded with scholars throughout Europe, that he needed many portraits of himself to send abroad. Holbein painted three much-copied portraits of Erasmus in 1523, of which this is the largest and most elaborate. It is likely the one sent to
William Warham
, Archbishop of Canterbury, in England. Holbein later painted Warham after he travelled to England in 1526 in search of work, with a recommendation from Erasmus, who had once lived in England himself. Holbein's portrait of Erasmus includes a Latin couplet by the scholar, inscribed on the edge of the leaning book on the shelf, which states that Holbein would rather have a slanderer than an imitator. According to art historian Stephanie Buck, this portrait is "an idealized picture of a sensitive, highly cultivated scholar, and this was precisely how Erasmus wanted to be remembered by future generations"
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Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art
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Image
Info about artwork
reference_wga QS:P973,"
http://www.wga.hu/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1525/08erasmu.html
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