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Engraving

1595-1600 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Theodor de Bry after Albrecht Durer. Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus facing right, set within a lettered roundel surrounded by grotesque ornament. Frankfurt, 1595-1600.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 13.6cm
  • To plate mark width: 11.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the roundel: 'DESIDERIVS ERASTMVS ROTERO - DAMVS'
  • Lettered in the lower centre of the plate on a placque: 'Qui te no norit, Musas quoque nesciat / cesse: / In Summo Sedem namque Helicone tenes.'
Bibliographic reference
de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no.42.
Collection
Accession number
E.992-1885

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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