Albrecht Dürer: Portrait of Erasmus ( ) |
Artist | Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) | | Alternative names | Albrecht Dürer | Description | German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist | Date of birth/death | 21 May 1471 | 6 April 1528 | Location of birth/death | Nuremberg | Nuremberg | Work period | 1484 –1528 | Work location | Nuremberg (1484–1490), Basel (1490–1494), Strasbourg (1490–1494), Colmar (1490–1494), Frankfurt (1490–1494), Mainz (1490–1494), Cologne (1490–1494), Nuremberg (21 May 1494–1528), Innsbruck (1494), Venice (1494–1495), 1505–1506), Bologna (1505–1506), Milan (1505–1506), Florence (1505–1506), Rome (1505–1506), Augsburg (1518), Antwerp (1521) | Authority file | | artist QS:P170,Q5580 |
Title | label QS:Len,"Portrait of Erasmus" label QS:Lfr,"Portrait d’Erasme" label QS:Lnl,"Portret van Erasmus" |
Date | circa 1520 date QS:P571,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium | black chalk on paper |
Dimensions | height: 37.3 cm (14.6 in); width: 27.1 cm (10.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,37.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,27.1U174728 |
Collection | institution QS:P195,Q19675 |
Current location | Départements des Arts graphiques |
Accession number | RF 4113, Recto |
Object history | A.F. Andreossy between 13 April 1864 and 16 April 1864date QS:P,+1864-04-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1864-04-13T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1864-04-16T00:00:00Z/11 : purchased by Gigoux at the sale of the collection of A.F. Andreossy at an unknown auction house, Paris, lot no. 61 between 20 March 1882 and 23 March 1882date QS:P,+1882-03-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1882-03-20T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1882-03-23T00:00:00Z/11 : purchased by Bonnat at the sale of the collection of J. Gigoux at an unknown auction house, Paris, lot no. 288, for FFR 12,000 21 February 1912: given to the Louvre Museum, Paris, by Léon Bonnat
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Inscriptions | Date top right: 1520 Apocryphal top right: Erasmus fon rotterdam |
References | Base Joconde |
Source/Photographer | Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork |
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