Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam
Hans Holbein the Younger · 1523
Why it's great
Erasmus, the Dutch scholar who wrote with wit about the Church's faults, sits writing in this calm portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger of 1523. Erasmus wanted to reform the Church from inside and never joined Luther.
🏛️ Part of history
The Protestant Reformation (1517–1648) — Erasmus, the Dutch scholar who wrote with wit about the Church's faults, sits writing in this calm portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger of 1523.
Where to see it
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Hans Holbein the Younger was a German painter born in Augsburg in about 1497. He worked in Basel and then in London, where he became court painter to King Henry VIII and painted portraits that made the Tudors famous. He died in London in 1543, probably of the plague.
