DESIDERIUS ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
1526
Monogram and date MDXXVI
Inscription:
Imago erasmi roterodami ab alberto durero ad vivam effigiem deliniata (The portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, drawn by Albrecht Dürer from the living image)
In the bottom, an inscription in Greek:
Την κρείττω τα συγγράμματα δείξει (His writings will depict him even better)
251×192 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
Middle of the 16th century
Watermark:
a great city gate
Provenance:
State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-2191
Comments:
a thin impression with deep, well printed strokes (М. 105, d)
Plate:
Gotha. Friedenstein Castle
