Image
Albrecht Dürer
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam,
Description
Maker
Title
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
Medium
engraving
Materials/Techniques
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
Type
Credit
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates
Object Number
13.1131
About
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
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)
Meder 105
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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