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Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original coloredcondition: Tear external margin perfectly restored, size (in cm): 23,5 x 16 cm cm; - Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus von Rotterdam. He was known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam, a Dutch Christian humanist who is widely considered to have been the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance. Originally trained as a Catholic priest, Erasmus was an important figure in classical scholarship who wrote in a pure Latin style. Erasmus lived against the backdrop of the growing European religious Reformation. While he was critical of the abuses within the Catholic Church and called for reform, he nonetheless kept his distance from Luther, Henry VIII and John Calvin and continued to recognise the authority of the pope, emphasizing a middle way with a deep respect for traditional faith, piety and grace, and rejecting Luther's emphasis on faith alone. Erasmus remained a member of the Roman Catholic Church all his life.