'Erasmus', 1523, (1909). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger.

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'Erasmus', 1523, (1909). Desiderus Erasmus (1497-1543), Dutch humanist and scholar, was probably the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance. A believer in the superiority of religious practices in earlier times, he was an advocate of reform of the Church. Painting in the Musee du Louvre, Paris. From Holbein - Masterpieces in Colour, by S. L. Bensusan. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Frederick A. Stokes Co., London & New York, 1909]

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