Erasmus of Rotterdam

c. 1538

Veit Specklin

Artist, German, active c. 1525 - 1550

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.4 × 15 cm (11 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.5 × 15.2 cm (11 1/4 × 6 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.4851

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, Vol. III.390, no. 57, State a


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1953

  • The Collector's Taste, Andrew Dickinson White Art Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1953-1954.

1956

  • Life and Lives in the Renaissance, Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; and Columbia Museum of Art, SC, 1956, no. 38.

1959

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1959, no catalogue.

  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1959.

1960

  • Graphic Masterpieces of 500 Years from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1960, no. 21.

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1960.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 38, repro.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

1973

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 63, repro.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 63, repro.

2000

  • The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

Bibliography

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700. Vol. XIV. Roosendaal, 1988: no. 9.

Inscriptions

in block, on plaque at upper center: .ER. ROT.; in block, at base of sculpture at lower center: TERMINVS; on cartouche at bottom, printed in letterpress: Corporis effigiem si quis non uidit Erasmi, / Hanc scite ad uiuum picta tabella dabit. (If anyone has not seen the shape of the body of Erasmus, it is to be found in this skillfully portrayed panel); on verso, at bottom, in graphite by later hand: Pass III 390-57 I/IV / Holbein / Erasmus de Rotterdam / [?]; at lower right, in graphite by later hand: (HH1180)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64957303


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