Design for a Painted Glass with Scene from the New Testament
Christoph Murer
1598
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
Dimensions
sheet: 12 9/16 x 8 3/16 in. (31.9 x 20.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 2007
Accession Number
2007.177
Tags
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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...