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Object Type
print
Museum number
1845,0809.1483
Description
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam; bust-length in profile to right; at lower centre a bust-length male figure turned in profile to right, with wild hair, representing Terminus. Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Hieronymus Hopfer
School/style
German
Production date
1528-1563
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
216 millimetres
Width:
156 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(67.I)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VIII.521.62)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical deity
Associated names
Portrait of:
Desiderius Erasmus
Representation of:
Terminus
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Acquisition date
1845
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1845,0809.1483
Conservation
Treatment
: 17 Nov 2016