Christ Tells His Disciples of the Last Judgment

published 1630

Christoph Murer

Associated Names
Christoph Murer

Artist, Swiss, 1558 - 1614

This is a drawing of individuals in distress within an architectural setting. The drawing includes detailed line hatching and cross-hatching, emphasizing clothing folds, architectural elements, and expressions on faces. The background features classical arches and columns. Two figures are helping another, while a fourth figure stands apart. Shadows and highlights are used to create volume and space, typical of a woodcut or engraving.

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Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

lower right in plate Stimmer-Murer monogram: STM (Nagler Mon. V, 324); lower left in plate unknown woodcutter's monogram: MLF (Nagler Mon. IV, 1982)

Wikidata ID

Q74065633

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