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Summary

Hans Holbein the Younger: Erasmus

Artist



Alternative names	Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description	-German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	1497 or 1498 date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543 date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death	Augsburg	London
Work location	Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
Authority file	: Q48319 VIAF: 4945401 ISNI: 0000000120987816 ULAN: 500005259 LCCN: n81117179 NLA: 36275979 WorldCat

Title

Erasmus

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

English: Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam with Renaissance Pilaster.

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)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000123422001 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Current location

2^nd floor room 04

Accession number

L658 (National Gallery)

Credit line

lent to National Gallery by Longford Castle

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"

References

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hans-holbein-the-younger-erasmus
https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1525/08erasmu.html
RKDimages ID: 228118
Sandrart.net artwork ID: 16
Hans Holbein, p. 50

Source/Photographer

Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork

Other versions

after Holbein II, Royal Collection of the United Kingdom

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:13, 15 January 2021	1,618 × 2,290 (2.62 MB)	Linie29	Higher Resolution
	11:41, 28 December 2004	809 × 1,145 (122 KB)	Stw	color version
	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. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Title: Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Time-line: 1501-1550 School: German Form: painting Type: portrait
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. --- Keywords: -------------- 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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