Image

Albrecht Dürer

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam

Description

Maker

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker

Title

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam

Year

1526

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 23.3 x 19.2 cm (9 3/16 x 7 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image UL: "Imago Erasmi Roterodami ab Alberto Durero ad vivam effigiem deliniata"; and (in Greek) "ten kreitto ta sungrammata deixei"; and "MDXXVI AD"

Verso: collector's stamp of Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876; Lugt 119)

Watermark: Armorial shield with an L and Gothic b (Meder watermark no. 314)

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Meder 105

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1131

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

German Renaissance Graphics from the Museum's Collection
Nov 28, 1961 – Jan 07, 1962
German Etchings and Engravings
Apr 30, 1953 – Jun 09, 1953
Engravings of the 15th and 16th Centuries
Nov 10, 1948 – Feb 04, 1949

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Tombstone

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526
engraving
Plate: 23.3 x 19.2 cm (9 3/16 x 7 9/16 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1131

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