Erasmus Desiderius of Rotterdam was a Dutch Renaissance humanist. He lived from 1466 to 1536. Erasmus was also a Catholic priest, a social critic, a teacher, and a theologian. He wrote many works, and one of the best known is Praise of Folly. This portrait of Erasmus was done in 1526 by the German painter Albrecht Durer, who was in Nuremberg, Germany, and was a contemporary of Erasmus.
Erasmus Desiderius of Rotterdam was a Dutch Renaissance humanist. He lived from 1466 to 1536. Erasmus was also a Catholic priest, a social critic, a teacher, and a theologian. He wrote many works, and one of the best known is Praise of Folly. This portrait of Erasmus was done in 1526 by the German painter Albrecht Durer, who was in Nurmeberg, Germany, and was a contemporary of Erasmus.
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