Image
Albrecht Dürer, printmaker
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526
Description
Maker
- Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528, German
Title
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
Year
1526
Medium
engraving
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 23.3 x 19.2 cm (9 3/16 x 7 9/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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)
Type
Credit
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Bequest of Isaac C. Bates
Object Number
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13.1131
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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