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| Object type | |
| Titles | - Erasmus of Rotterdam
(generic title)
- Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
(generic title)
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| Materials and techniques | engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, engraving by Albrecht Dürer, Nuremberg, 1526 |
| Physical description | Portrait of the Humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) at a writing desk. The portrait is three-quarter length facing left. |
| Dimensions | - Height: 25cm
- Width: 19.5cm
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | - 'IMAGO.ERASMI.ROTERODA / MI.AB.ALBERTO.DVRERO.AD / VIVAM.EFFIGIEM.DELINIATA.' (Inscription in Latin in cartouche at upper left of image. Translation from the Illustrated Bartsch; Albrecht Dürer; Volume 10 (Commentary); page 238; edited by Walter L.Strauss; Abaris Books, New York; 1981.)
- Translation
- The Likeness of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Done by Albrecht Dürer from Life.
- (Inscription in Greek in cartouche at upper left of image. It is not currently possible to enter characters in Greek script into CIS.)
- Translation
- His Writings Present a Better Picture of the Man than this Portrait
- '.M D X X V I. / AD ' (Date and artist's monogram inscribed in cartouche at upper left of image)
- Translation
- '1526 / Albrecht Dürer'
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Alice G. E. Carthew |
| Object history | This print bears the collector's mark of Cav. G.C. Rossi (second half of 19th century) |
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| Bibliographic references | - Strauss, Walter L., ed. The Illustrated Bartsch 10 (Commentary): Sixteenth Century German Artists, Albrecht Dürer. New York: Abaris Books, 1980. 328 p., ill. ISBN 089835000X. No.107, pp.238-240.
- Tietze, Hans and Erika Tietze-Conrat. Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke Albrecht Dürers. Vol. 1, Augsburg 1928; vol.2, Basel and Leipzig 1937; vol.3, Basel and Leipzig, 1938. no.961.
- Panofsky, Erwin. The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. Volume I, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955 (4th edn). p.239.
- Dodgson, Campbell. Albrecht Dürer, Numerical Catalogue of the Engravings, Etchings, Dry-Points with Technical Details, London 1926. No.104.
- Hollstein, F.W.H. German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, c.1400-1700. Volume VII. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1954-. No.105.
- Rowlands, J.K. The Graphic Work of Albrecht Dürer: An Exhibition of his Prints and Drawings in Commemoration of the Quincentenary of his Birth. London: British Museum, 1971. Exhibition catalogue. No.296.
- Bartrum, Giulia. German Renaissance Prints 1490-1550. London: The British Museum Press, 1995. 240 p., ill. ISBN 0714126047. No.48.
- Schoch, R., M. Mende and A. Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer. Das Druckgraphische Werk. Band I: Kupferstiche, Eisenradierungen und Kaltnadelblätter. Munich, London, New York, 2001. no.102.
- Bartrum, Guilia, ed. Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy - The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist / with contributions by Günter Grass, Joseph L. Koerner and Ute Kuhlemann. London: The British Museum Press, 2002. 320 p., ill. ISBN 0714126330. p.295.
- Letter from Erasmus to Pirckheimer, Basel, 30 July 1526.
- Machiels, André. Les Portraits d'Erasme. Gazette des Beaux Arts. Vol.53. pp.349-61.
- Strauss, W.L. The Intaglio Prints of Albrecht Dürer . New York, 1976. p.290.
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| Other number | B.107 - Le Peintre-Graveur |
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