Erasmus

Albrecht Dürer1526

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Erasmus is represented three-quarter length, standing, facing left. He stands before his desk, writing. Books on a ledge in foreground. In the background, left, a framed inscription (see Inscription).

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Title: Erasmus
Creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
Date Created: 1526
Location Created: Germany
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Engraving on paper
Credit line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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