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Study for a Stained Glass Window

Christoph Murer  (Swiss, Zurich 1558–1614 Winterthur)

Date:
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
Credit Line:
Purchase, Anne and Jean Bonna Gift, 1995
Accession Number:
1995.298

This artwork is part of Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400–1700

This artwork is not on display

  • Description

    The drawing shows Hercules standing at the center choosing between Virtue and Vice, who are shown personified on either side. In the background, small figures are shown heading towards Heaven (behind Virtue) and Hell (behind Vice).

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Verso, in black ink, partial outline of two female figures traced from recto

  • Provenance

    Sotheby's, New York sale, January 12, 1994, lot 37; Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700 Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2012, cat. 47 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xi (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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