The Three Graces (recto); Four putti engaging in various activities (verso) Christoph Murer Swiss 1580s This striking and beautifully preserved sheets belongs to a group of early drawings, all executed in the same technique on prepared paper, by Christoph Murer (1558-1641), the leading designer and painter of stained-glass windows in early seventeenth-century Switzerland. Treating the classical subject of the Three Graces, this work exhibits a spectacular handling of dark gray wash and white gouache to model the female body; against the mid-tone of the prepared paper, the parallel striations a
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The Three Graces (recto); Four putti engaging in various activities (verso) Christoph Murer Swiss 1580s This striking and beautifully preserved sheets belongs to a group of early drawings, all executed in the same technique on prepared paper, by Christoph Murer (1558-1641), the leading designer and painter of stained-glass windows in early seventeenth-century Switzerland. Treating the classical subject of the Three Graces, this work exhibits a spectacular handling of dark gray wash and white gouache to model the female body; against the mid-tone of the prepared paper, the parallel striations a