Study for a Stained Glass Window
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium
Pen and black ink and gray wash; framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions
Overall: 7 5/16 x 5 13/16 in. (18.5 x 14.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Anne and Jean Bonna Gift, 1995
Accession Number
1995.298
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...