Albrecht Dürer

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam,

Maker

Title

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

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

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

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