About the Artwork
Erasmus of Rotterdam
16th century
Hieronymus Hopfer
active ca. 1520-1530
German
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 8 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches (21.9 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (23.2 × 17.1 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Albert Kahn
40.16
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, upper right edge: IH
Inscribed, in plate, top edge: ERASMVS. ROTERODAMVS Inscribed, lower right: DIE BILDNVS | NACH LEBLICHER | GESTALT AVS | GETRVCKT Inscribed, lower edge: DER TOD IST DIE LEST LINI | DER DING ICH WEICH KAM Inscribed, on the pedestal of the bust in the lower margin: MARCK | STAIN Inscribed, lower left corner: 70
Stamped, in blue verso:: Collection D'Arenberg (Lugt 567)
Provenance
Collection D'Arenberg, Brussels and Nordkirchen
E. Weyhe, NY
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Hieronymus Hopfer, Erasmus of Rotterdam, 16th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Albert Kahn, 40.16.
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