Albrecht Dürer
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(Nuremberg 1471-1528)
Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526, engraving, monogrammed AD and MDXXVI in the plate, on laid paper with watermark "Crowned coat of arms with lily and the attached letter b" (M. 314), 24,7 x 19 cm, trimmed within platemarks, laid paper support, Bartsch 107, Meder 105 a (of i), mounted unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Lugt 32b, duplicate stamp, Lugt 702h;
Collection Charles Deering (born in 1852), Chicago, Lugt 516.
Very excellent, vigorous impression of the Ist state Meder a (of i). Abrasion marks in the area of the vase and on the table, slightly browned, tears and losses to the margins, otherwise in a very good condition
Erasmus Desiderius of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) was one of the most important European humanists of the Renaissance. After studying in Paris, he lived in Italy, the Netherlands, England, Germany, and Switzerland. He is supposed to have corresponded throughout his life with more than five hundred important political and philosophical personalities who sought his advice on subjects of all kinds.Erasmus Desiderius of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) was one of the most important European humanists of the Renaissance. After studying in Paris, he lived in Italy, the Netherlands, England, Germany, and Switzerland. He is supposed to have corresponded throughout his life with more than five hundred important political and philosophical personalities who sought his advice on subjects of all kinds. Erasmus, while remaining loyal to the Roman Catholic Church, criticized the excessive life of the clergy and advocated a new Latin and Greek translation of the New Testament. He thus eventually exerted a major influence on the Catholic Counter-Reformation, which often accused Erasmus of laying the basis for the conflicts in regard of the Reformation of the Church.
Dürer and Erasmus met on several occasions during the artist's Netherlandish journey in 1520-21; the first meeting took probably place in Brussels in late August 1520. After Erasmus saw Dürer's engraving of the portrait of the emperor’s adviser Willibald Pirkheimer (1524, Bartsch 106), he asked Dürer to be also portrayed. At that time the artist noted in his diary that he had drawn Erasmus "one more time," but to date only a preparatory drawing for the engraving (Paris, Louvre, inv. RF 4113) is known. Dürer made a knee-length portrait of Erasmus standing at a table with a writing desk on it. Erasmus is wearing a scholar’s gown with wide sleeves and a doctoral cap; his beardless face is rendered in half-profile. Erasmus is looking down at a sheet of paper and writing on it with a reed pen; on the table is a vase with flowers, next to the writing desk are two letters. In the foreground, an open book and four other volumes with clasps lie on a shelf. Regarding the picture’s arrangement, Dürer's engraving is reminiscent of a painted portrait of Erasmus by Quentin Massys (1466-1529) from 1517, which Dürer must have seen in Antwerp. On a large framed panel with an inscription that fills more than the upper left quarter of the sheet, a Latin and a Greek inscription appear which are supposed to be read together. They read: "Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, drawn from life by Albrecht Dürer. The better picture of him is shown by his writings." The portrait speaks directly to the viewer;
it points beyond the portrait depiction to the books and letters as the actual likeness of Erasmus.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
28.09.2022 - 14:04
- Estimate:
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EUR 15,000.- to EUR 20,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 13,000.-
Albrecht Dürer
(Nuremberg 1471-1528)
Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526, engraving, monogrammed AD and MDXXVI in the plate, on laid paper with watermark "Crowned coat of arms with lily and the attached letter b" (M. 314), 24,7 x 19 cm, trimmed within platemarks, laid paper support, Bartsch 107, Meder 105 a (of i), mounted unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Lugt 32b, duplicate stamp, Lugt 702h;
Collection Charles Deering (born in 1852), Chicago, Lugt 516.
Very excellent, vigorous impression of the Ist state Meder a (of i). Abrasion marks in the area of the vase and on the table, slightly browned, tears and losses to the margins, otherwise in a very good condition
Erasmus Desiderius of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) was one of the most important European humanists of the Renaissance. After studying in Paris, he lived in Italy, the Netherlands, England, Germany, and Switzerland. He is supposed to have corresponded throughout his life with more than five hundred important political and philosophical personalities who sought his advice on subjects of all kinds.Erasmus Desiderius of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) was one of the most important European humanists of the Renaissance. After studying in Paris, he lived in Italy, the Netherlands, England, Germany, and Switzerland. He is supposed to have corresponded throughout his life with more than five hundred important political and philosophical personalities who sought his advice on subjects of all kinds. Erasmus, while remaining loyal to the Roman Catholic Church, criticized the excessive life of the clergy and advocated a new Latin and Greek translation of the New Testament. He thus eventually exerted a major influence on the Catholic Counter-Reformation, which often accused Erasmus of laying the basis for the conflicts in regard of the Reformation of the Church.
Dürer and Erasmus met on several occasions during the artist's Netherlandish journey in 1520-21; the first meeting took probably place in Brussels in late August 1520. After Erasmus saw Dürer's engraving of the portrait of the emperor’s adviser Willibald Pirkheimer (1524, Bartsch 106), he asked Dürer to be also portrayed. At that time the artist noted in his diary that he had drawn Erasmus "one more time," but to date only a preparatory drawing for the engraving (Paris, Louvre, inv. RF 4113) is known. Dürer made a knee-length portrait of Erasmus standing at a table with a writing desk on it. Erasmus is wearing a scholar’s gown with wide sleeves and a doctoral cap; his beardless face is rendered in half-profile. Erasmus is looking down at a sheet of paper and writing on it with a reed pen; on the table is a vase with flowers, next to the writing desk are two letters. In the foreground, an open book and four other volumes with clasps lie on a shelf. Regarding the picture’s arrangement, Dürer's engraving is reminiscent of a painted portrait of Erasmus by Quentin Massys (1466-1529) from 1517, which Dürer must have seen in Antwerp. On a large framed panel with an inscription that fills more than the upper left quarter of the sheet, a Latin and a Greek inscription appear which are supposed to be read together. They read: "Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, drawn from life by Albrecht Dürer. The better picture of him is shown by his writings." The portrait speaks directly to the viewer;
it points beyond the portrait depiction to the books and letters as the actual likeness of Erasmus.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900 |
Auction type: | Online auction |
Date: | 28.09.2022 - 14:04 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 23.09. - 28.09.2022 |