The David Owsley Museum’s small painting of Erasmus of Rotterdam is known as a “cabinet picture.” It is a work not intended to be displayed on a wall, but kept in a drawer to be pulled out and admired from time to time.

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The David Owsley Museum’s small painting of Erasmus of Rotterdam is known as a “cabinet picture.” It is a work not intended to be displayed on a wall, but kept in a drawer to be pulled out and admired from time to time.

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam

European Art: West Gallery»

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