Title

Letter from Desiderius Erasmus to Nicholas Everaerts, 24th December 1525.Artist: Erasmus

Caption

Letter from Desiderius Erasmus to Nicholas Everaerts, 24th December 1525. Letter written in Latin from Basle by Erasmus to Dr Nicholas Everaerts, President of Holland, on the marriage of Martin Luther, his own futile efforts for peace, his Apologia against the Carthusian Petrus Sutor (Basle, 1525), the death of his friend Martin Van Dorp (31st May, 1525), the excesses of the peasant insurrection in Germany and a reccomendation of Francis Delft, the bearer. From the third series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V, (London, 1899).
The Print Collector collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C17_391

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,7Mb) / 12,0in x 16,3in / 3589 x 4878 (300dpi)

Keywords

religious religion letter color colour peace Christianity century handwriting concept correspondence manuscript facsimile humanism 16th century sixteenth century The Print Collector insurrection photograph Martin Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Erasmus of Rotterdam Nicolaas Everaerts Everaerts Nicolaas Martin Luther Luther Erasmus Desiderius Nicolaas Everaerts Martin Luther photograph