Desiderius Erasmus (1466?-1536)
after Lucas Cranach the Elder (Kronach 1472 - Weimar 1553)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1550 - 1699
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
598 x 340 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129809
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Desiderius Erasmus (1466?-1536) after Lucas Cranach the elder (Kronach 1472 – Weimar 1553). A half-length portrait, turned to the left, gazing to the left. The painting by Cranach from which this picture was derived was itself based on a portrait of Erasmus by Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543). It appears to be by the same had as 129807.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
after Lucas Cranach the Elder (Kronach 1472 - Weimar 1553), publisher after Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543), publisher