The Paralytic Healed by Christ Picks up His Pallet
Christoph Murer
1551 to 1600
Medium
woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 10.7 x 14.8 cm (4 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Print Purchase Fund (Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund)
Accession Number
1984.35.16
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...