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HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER Erasmus of Rotterdam ("im Gehäus").
Woodcut, two impressions, circa 1538. 282x150 mm; 11⅛x5⅞ inches, small to wide margins. Both in the second state (of 2), with the four lines of text lower center.
With— Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam in the round, woodcut, 1533. 65 mm; 2½ inches (diameter), small margins * WENZEL HOLLAR. Portrait of Hans Holbein, etching and engraving, 1647. First state (of 4).
Provenance: (one impression of Erasmus of Rotterdam ("im Gehäus") and Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam in the round) Dr. Edgar F. Paltzer and Elisabeth Charlotte Paltzer-Boker, New York and Basel, with the ink stamp verso (Lugt 4262).
