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Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, half-length to the left, seated at a table, his hands resting on an open book. On the table an hourglass, inkwell with pen, penknife, Bible and other books. On the wall a plaque, to the left a window with a view of a city on the water, probably Rotterdam. Below the image a plaque with a four-line text in Latin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePortret van Desiderius Erasmus. 1601. Frans Huys. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
