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DÜRER, Albrecht: Erasmus of Rotterdam

🖼 Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526
Engraving
249 × 193 cm
Washington, USA

Rendered in fine engraving, Erasmus appears in three-quarter profile, his keen gaze and delicate features captured with meticulous detail. Dürer's portrait immortalized the Renaissance humanist at the height of his intellectual influence, establishing the definitive image of this revolutionary thinker.

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