Claim: Primarily known as a sculptor who drew inspiration from antiquity, Erasmus Quellinus I's is not well known since only a few of his works have survived; he worked in the late Renaissance, a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
Evidence: Erasmus is primarily known as a sculptor who drew inspiration from antiquity. His work is not well known since only a few of his works have survived. He worked in the late Renaissance style although his later work shows a development towards early Baroque. The Renaissance (UK: /rɪˈneɪsəns/ rin-AY-sənss, US: /ˈrɛnəsɑːns/ (listen) REN-ə-sahnss) was a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries.