dinsdag 20 juni 2017

Erasmus

A sculpture of  "Desiderius Erasmus" (1466-1536) in Gouda.  He was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher and theologian. He was the second son of a priest at the Saint Jans Church in Gouda, grew up there and studied in the nearby monastery of Steyn. Gouda honours him with this sculpture in the town of his youth.

Here a painting of him made by Hans Holbein in 1523.
Linking to "Our World Tuesday"

12 opmerkingen:

  1. vooral dit bekende schilderij spreekt me aan Marianne

    prettige dag

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  2. Well known also through the Erasmus study program.

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  3. Ditto what Sami said. A well deserved tribute Marianne.

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  4. Another Netherlands gift to the world!

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  5. I think I prefer the bust to the painting.

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  6. Funny thing that we have aboriginals with a last name Erasmus. I wonder if there's a connection?

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  7. The sculpture is a nice tribute. The painting I like, it was well done and still looks fine after all those years. Very nice!

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  8. I visited his burial site last year.

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  9. He must have been a very good man. he certainly owned a very warm coat!

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