An Allegory of a Rich Man and a Poor Man (Der Lustige Arme und der Traurige Reiche)
1596
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/16 x 8 3/8 in. (25.8 x 21.2 cm) plate: 9 15/16 x 8 in. (25.2 x 20.3 cm) image: 9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in. (24.5 x 19.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.724
Tags
About the Artist
Christoph Murer · 1558–1614
Christoph Murer was born in Zurich in 1558 into a dynasty of Swiss artists, the son of the glass painter Josias Murer and grandson of the celebrated painter and dramatist Jos Murer. Growing up surrounded by the craft of stained glass and the broader artistic culture of late Reformation Switzerland, he received thorough training in both glass painting and drawing, eventually becoming one of the mos...