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Monday
Jan132014

A Double Homage

DateMonday, January 13, 2014 at 12:07PM

Félix Bracquemond after Hans Holbein the younger - Erasmus, 1863 - Etching and drypoint on white wove paper - 508 x 389 mm (plate); 544 x 425 mm (sheet) - Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.1369 - Beraldi 39 VIII/X - Art Institute of Chicago (click photo for larger image)Hans Holbein the Younger - Erasmus - 1523 - Oil on wood, 43 x 33 cm - Musée du Louvre, Paris (click photo for larger image)Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) was a French painter and printmaker, who was a key figure in the revival of etching as a fine arts form, in France. He produced over eight hundred plates, comprising portraits, landscapes, scenes of contemporary life, and bird-studies, besides numerous interpretations of other artists’ paintings. This particular work is an homage to the great German master, Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543), who created his “Erasmus” in oils. Erasmus is widely regarded as the greatest European scholar of the 16th century. So these works combined are a tribute to him, as well.

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