Editing Erasmus (section)

==={{anchor|Representations}}Visual representations===
[[File:Erasmus Duerer VandA E.4621-1910.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus by [[Albrecht Dürer]], 1526, engraved in [[Nuremberg]], Germany]]
[[File:Fotothek df tg 0004079 Münze ^ Gedenkmünze ^ Schaumünze ^ Medaille ^ Mythologie.jpg|thumb|Commemorative coins or medals of Erasmus by Göbel, Georg Wilhelm  (1790)]]
{{Further| Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam|Portrait of Erasmus (Dürer)}}
Erasmus frequently gifted portraits and medals with his image to friends and patrons.
* [[Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Holbein]] painted him at least three times and perhaps as many as seven, some of the Holbein portraits of Erasmus surviving only in copies by other artists. Holbein's three profile portraits – two (nearly identical) profile portraits and one three-quarters-view portrait – were all painted in the same year, 1523. Erasmus used the Holbein portraits as gifts for his friends in England, such as [[William Warham]], the Archbishop of Canterbury. (Writing in a letter to Warham regarding the gift portrait, Erasmus quipped that "he might have something of Erasmus should God call him from this place.") Erasmus spoke favourably of Holbein as an artist and person but was later critical, accusing him of sponging off various patrons whom Erasmus had recommended, for purposes more of monetary gain than artistic endeavor. There were scores of copies of these portraits made in Erasmus' time.  Holbein's 1532 profile woodcut was particularly lauded by those who knew Erasmus.<ref name=kaminska/>{{rp|129}}
* [[Albrecht Dürer]] also produced portraits of Erasmus, whom he met three times, in the form of an [[engraving]] of 1526 and a preliminary charcoal sketch. Concerning the former Erasmus was unimpressed, declaring it an unfavorable likeness of him, perhaps because around 1525 he was suffering severely from kidney stones.<ref name=kaminska>{{cite book |last1=Kaminska |first1=Barbara A. |title="But for the Voice, the Likeness is Alive": Portraits of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Their Reception among Renaissance Humanists |url=https://www.academia.edu/44379289}} in  {{cite book |last1=Borusowski |first1=Piotr |title=Ingenium et labor. Studia ofiarowane Profesorowi Antoniemu Ziembie z okazji 60. urodzin. |date=2020 |publisher=UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI}}</ref>{{rp|129}}  Nevertheless, Erasmus and Dürer maintained a close friendship, with Dürer going so far as to solicit Erasmus's support for the Lutheran cause, which Erasmus politely declined. Erasmus wrote a glowing [[encomium]] about the artist, likening him to famous Greek painter of antiquity [[Apelles]]. Erasmus was deeply affected by his death in 1528.
* [[Quentin Matsys]] produced the earliest known portraits of Erasmus, including an oil painting from life in 1517<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quinten Massys (1465/6-1530) – Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536)|url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/405759/desiderius-erasmus-1466-1536|access-date=2022-01-15|website=www.rct.uk|language=en}}</ref> (which had to be delayed as Erasmus' pain distorted his face)<ref name=kaminska/>{{rp|131}} and a medal in 1519.<ref>Stein, Wilhelm (1929), p.78</ref>
* In 1622, [[Hendrick de Keyser]] cast a [[statue of Erasmus]] in (gilt) bronze replacing an earlier stone version from 1557, itself replacing a wooden one of 1549, possibly a gift from the City of Basel. This was set up in the public square in Rotterdam, and today may be found outside the [[Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk (Rotterdam)|St. Lawrence Church]]. It is the oldest bronze statue in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Giltaij |first1=Jeroen |title=Erasmus |url=https://www.sculptureinternationalrotterdam.nl/en/essays-en/erasmus/ |website=Sculpture International Rotterdam |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=12 May 2015}}</ref>
* In 1790,  Georg Wilhelm Göbel struck commemorative medals.'
* Canterbury Cathedral, England has a statue of Erasmus on the North Face, placed in 1870.
* The Whitechapel Gallery in London has a weathervane depicting Erasmus riding backwards on a horse, by [[Rodney Graham]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitechapel: gallery art, street art |url=https://tigergrowl.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/whitechapel-gallery-art-street-art/ |website=SilverTiger |language=en |date=16 October 2011}}</ref>