• The Statue of Erasmus is a public monument by Hendrick de Keyser in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. History. Earlier statues in wood and stone.
  • Erasmus lived in Leuven from 1502 to 1504 and from 1517 to 1521 and taught at the university, so giving him a statue is not a far-fetched idea.
  • 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.
  • Hendrick de Keyser most likely made the design for the bronze statue of Erasmus on the basis of portrait paintings and drawings...
  • 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 Princess Royal visited the statue of Erasmus and spoke with the sculptor about the piece in April 2013.
  • Here is a Dutch engraving that visitors can admire at the MIR. On a bridge spanning a canal stands a large statue of Erasmus reading a book.
  • Here you will find a statue of Erasmus that served as a figurehead on the ship De Liefde, the first Dutch ship to arrive in Japan in 1600.
  • In their song about ‘Erasmus’, The Amazing Stroopwafels sing about the Statue of Erasmus, which is celebrating its 400th anniversary this month.
  • Following de Keyser’s death in 1621 several of his ongoing projects, such as the City Hall in Delft and the completion of the bronze statue of Erasmus...