Memory Copy of Holbein's Erasmus
1826 to 1850
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 28.3 x 22.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.) framed: 44.5 x 39.4 x 4.4 cm (17 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
Accession Number
1956.14.1
About the Artist
Alphonse Legros · 1837–1911
Alphonse Legros (1837–1911) was born in Dijon, France, and trained in Paris at the drawing school of Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose unconventional teaching method — which emphasised memory drawing and acute observation over academic convention — would leave a lasting mark on Legros's practice. At Lecoq's school he formed friendships with Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin that endured throughout hi...