Erasmus of Rotterdam

(14661536)

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

Works:

• Against War (English)

• Colloquies, Volume I (English)

• Dialoge or communication of two persons (English)

• Education of Children (English)

• Encomium artis medicae (Latin)

• In Praise of Folly (English)

• Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews and Honest Wives (English)

• Opuscula Selecta Neerlandicorum (Latin)

• The Praise of Folly (English)

Selections from Erasmus: Principally from his Epistles (Latin-English)

• Two Dyaloges, c.1549 (English)

• Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure (English)

Erasmus in Art:

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569)
The Hare Hunters
1566
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

 

 

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528)
Erasmus of Rotterdam
1526
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

 

 

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543)
Erasmus
1523
National GalleryLondon

 

 

Erasmus of Rotterdam writing (1523)Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543)
Erasmus of Rotterdam writing
1523
Kunstmuseum BaselBasel

 

 

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543)
Erasmus writing
1528
Musée du LouvreParis

 

 

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543)
Erasmus of Rotterdam
c.1532
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

 

 

Roundel Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam (1532)Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543)
Roundel Portrait of Erasmus
1532
Kunstmuseum BaselBasel

 

 

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543)
Terminus, the Device of Erasmus
c.1532
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland

 

 

Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911)
Copie de mémoire de l’Erasmus de Holbein
s.d.
National Gallery of ArtWashington

 

 

Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911)
Erasme
c.1899
Musée d’OrsayParis

 

Born October 28 1466 Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Died July 12 1536 Basel (Switzerland)
Occupation Humanist Philologist
Occupation Philosopher Polymath
Occupation Theologian Writer