Desiderius Erasmus (1466?-1536)
after Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1675
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
140 x 127 mm (5 ½ x 5 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139904
Summary
Oil painting on copper, Desiderius Erasmus (1466?-1536), after Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543). A miniature half-length portrait of a man, turned to and looking to left, in a gown with a furred collar, and in a black cap. After a version now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York rather than the Earl of Radnor picture on loan to National Gallery, London.
Provenance
In 1683 valuation and thence by descent until acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: on a label stuck to back of panel: Herasmus of Rotterdam and in bold brown figures on label above: 12 13
Makers and roles
after Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543), artist
