File:Erasmus by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg

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Summary

anonymous: Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)  wikidata:Q28033968 reasonator:Q28033968
Artist
After Hans Holbein the Younger  (1497/1498–1543)  wikidata:Q48319 s:it:Autore:Hans Holbein il Giovane q:it:Hans Holbein il Giovane
 
After Hans Holbein the Younger
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 Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q48319
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Title
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The famous scholar and theologian Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469–1536) required a large number of portraits of himself to send to his correspondents and admirers throughout Europe. Hans Holbein the Younger painted him several times in Basel, and Holbein's portraits were then often copied. It is not always clear which versions were by Holbein himself, which by his workshop, and which by independent copyists. This version of the type with the closed book has a church background probably added in about 1629 by Hendrik van Steenwijk II.
background added c. 1629
Depicted people Erasmus Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1520 and circa 1540
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on lime
Dimensions height: 54.7 cm (21.5 in); width: 32.4 cm (12.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,54.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,32.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Current location
Royal Collection
Accession number
RCIN 403036
References
  • John Rowlands, Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger, Boston: David R. Godine, 1985, ISBN 0879235780., p. 128.
Source/Photographer Royal Collection
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  • National Gallery
    National Gallery

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