• Earlier statues in wood and stone[edit]. The succession of statues dedicated to Erasmus is testimony to the civic pride he elicited in his native city.
  • Close by the Groot Markt, the statue of Erasmus is a bronze in the middle of a shopping street, a quick stop off during your shopping.
  • The statue of Erasmus is a gift from “Lions Club Leuven Erasmus” to the city of Leuven on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of this association.
  • This bronze-cast statue of famous Rotterdam -born humanist Desiderius Erasmus is the oldest statue in the Netherlands , with an impressive history marking it.
  • The bronze statue of Erasmus (born 1466 in Rotterdam – died 1536 in Basel) was made by Hendrick de Keyser and unveiled on April 30, 1622.
  • Since 1964, the statue of Erasmus has been standing tall at Grotekerkplein, outside Laurenskerk (English: Laurens Church), right here in Rotterdam.
  • The statue of Erasmus was cast from bronze in 1622 by the greatest Dutch sculptor of the Renaissance: Hendrick de Keyser.
  • The statue of Desiderius Erasmus (born 1466 in Rotterdam - died 1536 in Basel) was made by Hendrick de Keyser and unveiled on 30 April 1622.
  • Bronze statue of Erasmus at Rotterdam. Illustration from The Gallery of Portraits (Charles Knight, 1836).
  • Statue of Erasmus in front of the Laurenskerk. By Guido Pijper. The statue of Erasmus with in the background the Grote of Sint-Laurenschurch.