Print, book-illustration, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1521

Page border with the so called tabula cebetis (a); below to the right stands genius at the entrance of the allegorical garden, divided into different zones, with the personifications of vices and virtues; felicitas is enthroned at top; first used in de patientia, in: q. Septimius tertullianus, opera. . Per beatum rhenanum. . , basel, j. Froben, july 1521 (2°); this impression is taken from desiderius erasmus, in novum testamentum annotationes. . , basel, j. Froben, february 1521 (2°), page a; with the initial e (with hercules and cerberus) on the text page. 1521 metalcut and letterpress. Date: 1521. Dimensions: Height: 263 mm (borderlines) Height: 43 mm (letter E) Width: 178 mm Width: 43 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Desiderius Erasmus. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM 1871,1209.483)