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1959

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Print, Portrait of Erasmus Rotterdamus, from Icones Principum Virorum

This is a Print. It was print maker: Anthony van Dyck and after Hans Holbein the Younger. It is dated 1630–1640 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is etching on laid paper in black ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 24.5 × 15.5 cm (9 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.) H x W: 37.8 × 25.7 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower margin: "Erasmus Rotterdamus" Lower left: "Ant. van Dyck fecit acqua forti."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Erasmus Rotterdamus, from Icones Principum Virorum; Print Maker: Anthony van Dyck (Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641); After Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98 – 1543); Netherlands; etching on laid paper in black ink; Platemark: 24.5 × 15.5 cm (9 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.) H x W: 37.8 × 25.7 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-12

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