Scholar Collection (page 9)

Portrait of a Scholar, 1631. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Portrait of a Scholar, 1631. Rembrandt van Rhijn (1606-1669). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526. Artist: Albrecht Durer
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526. Dutch scholar and humanist Desiderius Erasmus (1497-1543) was probably the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance

Theodore Beza, French Protestant scholar and theologian, 16th century. Theodore Beza, or de Beze (1519-1605) was an important figure in the French reformation

Guillaume Morel, c1480, (1927). Artist: Hans Memling
Guillaume Morel, c1480, (1927). Found in the collection of the Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. A print from Flemish and Belgian art 1300-1900

Assassination of the Abbe de Broglie, 1895. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Assassination of the Abbe de Broglie, 1895. Auguste Theodore Paul de Broglie, (1834-1895), Professor of Apologetics at the Institut Cathilique in Paris, was murdered on 11th May 1895

Caricatures from the legend of Faust, 1894. Faust or Faustus is the protagonist of a popular German legend in which a mediaeval scholar makes a pact with the Devil

George Buchanan, Scottish historian and humanist scholar, (1833). Artist: E Scriven
George Buchanan, Scottish historian and humanist scholar, (1833). George Buchanan (1506-1582) spent many years studying in Paris

Desiderius Erasmus, Renaissance humanist, (1833). Artist: E Scriven
Desiderius Erasmus, Renaissance humanist, (1833). Erasmus (1469-1536) was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the New Testament

George Buchanan, 1776. Artist: T Cook
George Buchanan, 1776. Buchanan (1506-1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1776

Jean-Francois Champollion, (1790-1832), 1881. Artist: Gaston Maspero
Jean-Francois Champollion, (1790-1832), 1881. French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, credited as the father of Egyptology, Published in L Egypt by Gaston Maspero, 1881

Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1523. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1523. Found in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel Art Museum, Basel, Switzerland

Portrait of a Scholar, c1450-1507. Artist: Giovanni Bellini
Portrait of a Scholar, c1450-1507

St Jerome, 1521. Artist: Albrecht Durer
St Jerome, 1521. From the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal

Thomas Linacre, MD, 1847. Artist: H Cook
Thomas Linacre, MD, 1847. Portrait of the physician to Henry VIII who founded the Royal College of Physicians in 1518. He was also a classical scholar, a translator from Greek

St. Matthew writing his Gospel, Anglo-Saxon work, c1062-65. Opening page of the gospel of St. Matthew, one of 4 gospels at Rhiems, France. Probably given to St

Henry George Liddell, British scholar, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Henry George Liddell, British scholar, 1875. The Dean of Christchurch, Oxford, Liddells (1811-1891) daughter Alice was immortalised in Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland. Cartoon from Vanity Fair

Desiderus Erasmus, Dutch humanist and scholar, 1523. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Desiderus Erasmus, Dutch humanist and scholar, 1523. Erasmus (1497-1543) was probably the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance

Desiderus Erasmus, 15th-16th century Dutch humanist and scholar, 19th century. Erasmus (1465-1536) writing with a quill pen

Ole Worm, Danish scholar. Worm (1588-1654) was a physician and a scholar of early Scandinavian and Icelandic languages

The Venerable Bede (c673-735), Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian, c1584
The Venerable Bede (c673-735), Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian, 1493. Seen here using a quill pen and a writing slope, Bede was a monk at Jarrow, Northumberland

Hypatia (c370-415), mathematician and neo-Platonic philosopher, mid 19th century. She was murdered by followers of Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria

Bernard Abattia, 16th century French astrologer, 1572. Portrait from his Prognostication sur le marriage de Henry, roy de Navarre, et de Marguerite de France. (Paris, 1572)

Desiderus Erasmus using writing slope (1465-1536), Dutch humanist and scholar
Desiderus Erasmus (1465-1536) using writing slope, Dutch humanist and scholar. Engraving after Durer

John Henry Newman in old age, British scholar and theologian, 1879
John Henry Newman (1801-90) in old age. British scholar and theologian. Oxford Movement. He converted to Roman Catholicism 1845 and became Cardinal in 1879. Author of The Dream of Gerontius. Engraving

William Carey, British Orientalist, c1820 (c1885)
William Carey (1761-1834) British Orientalist, c1820. Founded Baptist Missionary Society. Wood engraving c1885

John Henry Newman (1801-1890), British cardinal. Newman was a leading priest in the Church of England whose conversion to Catholicism was a major event of the 1840s

Demosthenes, Cicero and William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1750-1815

Margaret Giggs, 1648. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Margaret Giggs, 1648

Gilles Menage, ca. 1652. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Gilles Menage, ca. 1652

Double Portrait of Pierre and Jacques Dupuy, ca. 1648-49. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Double Portrait of Pierre and Jacques Dupuy, ca. 1648-49

Pierre and Jacques Dupuy, ca. 1648-49. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Pierre and Jacques Dupuy, ca. 1648-49

Pierre Dupuy, ca. 1648. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Pierre Dupuy, ca. 1648

Pierre Dupuy, ca. 1651. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Pierre Dupuy, ca. 1651

Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526

Statue of a girl scholar beside the door, Hamlet of Ratcliff Schools, Stepney, London, 1945
Statue of a girl scholar beside the door, Hamlet of Ratcliff Schools, 51 White Horse Road, Stepney, London, 1945. Small sculpture in a Gothic-style niche of a girl in Victorian dress

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