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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

Materials

engraving

Supports

Light weight cream laid paper

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)

Type

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1131

Projects & Publications

Publications

Dürer-Katalog

Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte

Exhibition History

German Renaissance Graphics from the Museum's Collection

November 28, 1961 - January 7, 1962

German Etchings and Engravings

April 30 - June 9, 1953

Engravings of the 15th and 16th Centuries

November 10, 1948 - February 4, 1949

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