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Medium
Oil on wood
Size
21.6 × 21.6 cm
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Inventory
1971.166
Period
London, 1532–1543
Sitter
Erasmus
Attribution
Hans Holbein the Younger

Erasmus took Terminus, the Roman god of boundaries, as his personal emblem with the motto Concedo nulli (I yield to no one).

More of Erasmus, and related works

3400 × 3346 px. Photograph: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Record: Wikidata.

Roundel of a pale stone bust with the profile head of Erasmus and a glowing halo, rising from the ground in a dark landscape, flanked by the faint motto Concedo nulli.