Swiss engraver Hans Frei designed this plaque depicting Erasmus, based on the portrait of Hans Holbein that is in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The priest, theologian, philosopher and humanist Erasmus is dressed in a fur-lined cloak and he is writing in a book. His name is written in Gothic script. In the background is room wallpaper with an animal and floral motif and horizontal stripes on the right. Above the scholar's hat, the engraver's name is shown in a frame.
| Artist | |
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| Title | Plaque Medal Portraying Desiderius Erasmus |
| Date | 1895 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Switzerland TGN |
| Medium and support | founding (metal or glass working) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | title on the front side: R A S m U S |
| signatures (names) on the front side: HANS FREI | |
| on the reverse | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Inventory number | 1911-AX |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille Ghent 1911 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-AX |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7721/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11L531
theologian in his study (writing or reading)
Iconclass
11P3121 priest (Roman Catholic) Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 41D221(CAP) head-gear: cap Iconclass 48C91 writer, poet, author Iconclass 48C93 portrait of a writer Iconclass 49C3 scholar, philosopher Iconclass 49L11 handwriting, writing as activity Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(DESIDERIUS ERASMUS) historical person (DESIDERIUS ERASMUS) Iconclass |
| Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles en 1910 : Salon international de la médaille contemporaine... : Groupe II: Beaux-Arts ; Classe 9B: Gravure en médailles (Bruxelles, Palais du Cinquantenaire, 01.05 - 15.11.1910) ; Catalogue / Victor Tourneur. - Bruxelles : Imprimerie A. Lesigne, 1910 (p. 147, nr. 236) |
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