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Desiderius Erasmus

Also known as: Desiderius Erasmus; primary name: Erasmus, Desiderius; other name: Erasmus of Rotterdam; other name: Erasmus
Details: individual; academic/intellectual; Dutch; Male
Life dates: 1467-1536
Biography: Humanist and scholar.
Bibliography: P. van der Coelen, 'Images of Erasmus', Rotterdam, 2008 (esp. portraits pp.57-87). Lisa Jardine, 'Erasmus: Man of Letters', Princeton, 1993. Erwin Panofsky, JWCI 1969, pp.200-227, E. and the visual arts P.S. Allen, 'Opus epistolarum des. Erasmi Roterodami', 12 vols. Oxford, 1933

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Museum number: 1922,0610.20 |
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print; book-illustration

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print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1895,0122.1120 |
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print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1922,0610.19 |
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print

Museum number: E,3.30 |
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Museum number: 1982,U.2851 |
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Production date: 1523-1750

print; illustrated book

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Production date: 1901 |
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print

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print; book-illustration

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