In this romanticized scene, the elderly Erasmus is visited by his friends Nicolaus Episcopius, Bonifacius Amerbach and Hieronymus Froben a couple of days before his death on 12 july 1536. The famous scholar is ill in bed, re-reading old letters. Taurel reproduced a history painting of 1879 by Hendrik Albert van Trigt in the Museum Boijmans collection.
Specifications
| Title | The Last Days of Erasmus in Basel |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Steel engraving |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 292 mm Width 437 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Graphic artist:
Edouard Taurel
Designer: Hendrik Albert van Trigt |
| Accession number | OB 3897 a (PK) |
| Credits | Provenance unknown |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Creation date | in circa 1879 - 1881 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Presentatie Erasmus aankoop door Cranach (2013) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Steel engraving
> Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
