Erasmus of Rotterdam
Artist
Johann Froben
Swiss, 1460–1527
Date1521
MediumWoodcut
ClassificationsBook Arts
Credit LineReby Lewis Purchase Fund
Object numberG.62.9.15
On View
Not on viewProvenance[Ferdinand Roten Galleries,123 W. Mulberry St, Baltimore, Maryland]; purchased on March 12, 1962 by the NCMA.
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Johann Rhau-Grunenberg
Published in 1522; woodcut created in 1520
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