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Hans Holbein the Younger: Erasmus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam with Renaissance Pilaster. |
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Depicted people | Erasmus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1523 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil and tempera on panel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 73.6 cm (28.9 in) ; width: 51.4 cm (20.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+73.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+51.4U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q180788
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Current location |
2nd floor room 04 |
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Accession number |
L658 (National Gallery) |
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Credit line |
lent to National Gallery by Longford Castle |
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Inscriptions | HPAKΛEIOI ΠONOI (Greek: Labours of Hercules) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
English: Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466/69–1536) was a renowned humanist scholar and theologian. He moved in 1521 to Basel, the city where Hans Holbein the Younger lived and had his workshop. Such was the fame of Erasmus, who corresponded with scholars throughout Europe, that he needed many portraits of himself to send abroad. Holbein painted three much-copied portraits of Erasmus in 1523, of which this is the largest and most elaborate. It is likely the one sent to William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, in England. Holbein later painted Warham after he travelled to England in 1526 in search of work, with a recommendation from Erasmus, who had once lived in England himself. Holbein's portrait of Erasmus includes a Latin couplet by the scholar, inscribed on the edge of the leaning book on the shelf, which states that Holbein would rather have a slanderer than an imitator. According to art historian Stephanie Buck, this portrait is "an idealized picture of a sensitive, highly cultivated scholar, and this was precisely how Erasmus wanted to be remembered by future generations" |
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Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1525/08erasmu.html" |
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11:19, 19 October 2004 | 1,000 × 1,564 (232 KB) | Robbot | Desiderius Erasmus. By Hans Holbein the younger. From: ''Hans Holbein le jeune: L'oeuvre du maitre''. Paris, Librairie Hachette & Cie., 1912. Copied from: [http://www.marcdatabase.com/~lemur/lemur.com/garret/portraits/ Portraits of Humanists] {{PD}} |
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Image title | HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
(b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London) Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam 1523 Wood, 76 x 51 cm National Gallery, London Of Holbein's portraits of Erasmus, this is the most ostentatious, and not just because it is much larger. The background of the interior is furnished with a splendidly decorated pilaster and a shelf with books and a glass carafe, all of which help to ennoble the sitter. On the edge of the book reclining on the shelf is a Latin couplet composed by Erasmus, which asserts that Holbein would sooner have a slanderer than an imitator. That seems to mean that his outstanding art could scarcely be imitated and therefore criticism from the envious is more likely than imitation.
Author: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Title: Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Time-line: 1501-1550 School: German Form: painting Type: portrait |
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JPEG file comment | HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
(b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London) Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam 1523 Wood, 76 x 51 cm National Gallery, London Of Holbein's portraits of Erasmus, this is the most ostentatious, and not just because it is much larger. The background of the interior is furnished with a splendidly decorated pilaster and a shelf with books and a glass carafe, all of which help to ennoble the sitter. On the edge of the book reclining on the shelf is a Latin couplet composed by Erasmus, which asserts that Holbein would sooner have a slanderer than an imitator. That seems to mean that his outstanding art could scarcely be imitated and therefore criticism from the envious is more likely than imitation.
Author: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Title: Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Time-line: 1501-1550 School: German Form: painting Type: portrait |
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