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Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch scholar, was one of the greatest humanists of his age, and a figure of major importance in the northern European Renaissance. This portrait of Erasmus by Quentin Massys shows the scholar at work, surrounded by books.
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