JFIF,,HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger (b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London) Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam 1523 Wood, 76 x 51 cm National Gallery, London Of Holbein's portraits of Erasmus, this is the most ostentatious, and not just because it is much larger. The background of the interior is furnished with a splendidly decorated pilaster and a shelf with books and a glass carafe, all of which help to ennoble the sitter. On the edge of the book reclining on the shelf is a Latin couplet composed by Erasmus, which asserts that Holbein would sooner have a slanderer than an imitator. That seems to mean that his outstanding art could scarcely be imitated and therefore criticism from the envious is more likely than imitation. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Title: Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Time-line: 1501-1550 School: German Form: painting Type: portrait C    &"((&"%$*0=3*-9.$%5H59?ADED)3KPJBO=CDAC A,%,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"A!1AQa"2q#BRr$3bc%45sC#!1A2Q"Bq ?ɚVN#U}z~ ‰G;\$?ghV/Ĥ ygȃJ7|K$:E(sϺm͹o|qP[^*SQ@G'5j MkdV?<ǏCs\0NײW1+dO4~ A;U}7,~1v#yY1@l=Ϩ8 ,G<UY`Xv6E4FW*}Elx}kk{®>ީNZ,P7`yհy<ȣPg#>&SS鷗 `yT)ɠ:~ěi*#aV}M]sqco&}վb_Trn- "1,n;n l:ι*(<[,Y';R< U)Fnǃ{l-MiϪe[c.uik$ccvm8&I4Ae,v,A >@K"pTxKQ6:ۣ~"Lx{tGw`L>.~'.UKI*89`& r#8>tk{3FqiϮ1UXx\w AUdv_S.[ T[p2gXh噙vNկSXۆ ;:XB-X.LrIJ-"ُAs4Q-H3'}&VBWP}2C1<#j4f ̜I[M,HH^xz%>? 9)ִ[*"GXv׫%#ldoZWAU<_ֲ%nHV߮jH=VpڢTq3#:pV]5-26#2*ک쓲&l/@^aj 'ZAAyle&i\̶P<~"gqܪge]VtZn7nDÔ`x}* rZ5dMmJeI݃TQZB^"*z3L'?+V8Y`L I u?+\ #RNF:$683"rB*~R߻uCdĠ8yUmaX./>VDf6lgn,!%MWC%qNvmgʮNlD|JLR1QVKpd_ZEB1ztBK6Z Ex2FsO 3mG,Ъ'‡Aʤ$ʖ)n)@lSb4@pXH#[b/j]ᗗ KlEr֖#,9ErY;: =yaZR@|8m<5 k`$ jg`ރԁ  l1|ba;t^΁؞0̧D12^،oao-w pH`FĜ]#l3b+Vn+MXޕVYpr@}JFnΖ^iJ M0Qx@gsUNݜ{T7:lN$dLh86s c}2)T$ hێHt$vySrtm ww$`-ymE`VUlVqtxU GLQ%)}w}IۆٷI͇o7qBF7;0-cwQ rJ0spǏR>/F! -IJجOTok3nWu]HlFί(ǫV)F(ݷ_o`5pڶyr%-@`~/c\%q]H?{d(C6ڍ:+`."W#q5h|tȖ[)t8V ljS$1*MZemh)?@Ԯf//rxTڠz=6Y[%xatMN>uJ߶e/)*kCq/qplg RF:{؍5\IJMkblCQy!U!F ޞ ?$s,}F1 J <3{黹efc?!ϭ\ lc[]P!c՛x>wm6*coB-9b#h u3c~/<FEy]c=fs#q36Җuav_}–'}@\ p}8f8B t]Pk8}77(^2HD qs&MN'y^PB)/\Ƹ@<}r*3cOExS$qZ:8FRϙkb9dMNiQvli2\#'Ý&_Y`xV&f!:մJ@;`6sUyrHs{֘ۋ D'W8[64vdѫ؂I8\ƶG ;WM}5#"FFW nBBx?}Kj=g#ԉp3O2jeiάI5lqe8s*.)?Z?x~,sFwUNМrU^E'8Nu;m ]z I+!`w`+0[z\l5lz˝vS4.0KeU\<*嵓[¼nXHyFKd73OU2{nGFaƹjVXגcHs\}ÿû4F cKi$*qCET=Ok!Bg9*ޝjOP3h/rhϦVHh'|dWikIoZ浭|zqyKo 8BU=WSPPpܾU Q f@;3rBL)_ vMⰇ:>yu%:v{pUKC=raA\ʭV0i8#N&f'kֵcw<D%yZEYFx|VBؼ$NM 5R2?6Ԑ>P 3Ib 6)?:V7sOinQ*["!=kcp;k~yWO,GXZjzhTA٦ntLwBs9b*~[HͰǍ5"rriT8J45F(zwn߻4ra+ T!zQTڧŏ2sPt3Bh ppA6($B`Q0$uӵEgS'; }3+$ŋ%܁YVmMcSmڏDI(Iڊ_( n`%ntNhוS@ LNآ#jjjz\@B jzZaNH:g7zUٖ=GjTOUobRNhM*U 5*T*vR@&6XUU