Joshua and the Israelites before the Walls of Jericho

c. 1600

Christoph Murer

Artist, Swiss, 1558 - 1614

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink and gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20 x 15.8 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.39.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's New York, 23 January 2001, no. 280, as attributed to Christoph Mürer); purchased 2001, via Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich, by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper left verso in brown ink: 1019; by later hand, left center verso in graphite: Christ Murer; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: W. 3314; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Mürer; by later hand, lower left of mount in graphite: C. / MURER 1558 - 1614 / PENHO; by later hand, lower right of mount in graphite: D275

Wikidata ID

Q64540022


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