Erasmus of Rotterdam
Frans Huys
(Netherlandish, 1522–1562)
Hans Holbein, the Younger
(German, 1497 or 1498–1543)
Hieronymus Cock
(Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
1555
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 38.4 x 25.7 cm (15 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP2912
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, across top: MAGNVS x ILLE x ERASMVS x ROTERODAMVS x; on plaque, upper right: NATVS . ROTERODAMI,/OCTOBR . XXVIII . AN° ./M . CCCC . LXVII ./OBIIT . BASILEÆ . XII ./IVLII . AN . M . D ./XXXVI ./H COCK EXCVDEBAT/1555; on the foredge of a book, lower right: BIBLIA; and in the plaque under the portrait, lower edge: EFFIGIEM AD SENIVM MAGNI VERGENTIS ERASMI:/CERNERE SI CVPIAS : PICTA TABELLA DABIT/DOCTILOQVOS CVIVS MIRATA EST ROMA LEPORES :/INSTANS TVNC SENIO TALIS ERASMVS ERATProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November 1897, purchased through the Harvey D. Parker Fund by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)
