Joshua and the Israelites before the Walls of Jericho
Christoph Murer
c. 1600
Medium
pen and black ink and gray wash on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 20 x 15.8 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2001.39.1
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...