Seeing Clearly: Eyeglasses and the Scholar's Eye

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Gallery 953 · Hans Holbein the Younger · ca. 1532 · Met web page

Hans Holbein the Younger, Erasmus of Rotterdam, ca. 1532. Oil on linden panel. A portrait of the great humanist scholar, showing his piercing gaze and intellectual presence.

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Erasmus of Rotterdam by Hans Holbein the Younger

From gallery 958, walk back through gallery 957 to gallery 956, then to gallery 955 and gallery 954. Gallery 953 in the Robert Lehman Collection is your destination, just a short walk away.