# Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 16th-century Germany

Hans Holbein the Younger painted this in about 1532, aged about 30. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1532
- Medium: Oil on linden panel
- Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 5 9/16 in. (18.4 x 14.2 cm); painted surface 6 15/16 x 5 1/2 in. (17.6 x 14 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.138
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Hans Holbein the Younger](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/hans-holbein-the-younger), German, 1497–1543

2 works in the collection.

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- [Hans Holbein the Younger's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-hans-holbein-the-younger?hang=750) (8 works)
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- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=750) (210 works)

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