CHRISTOPH MURER | AN ALLEGORY OF INNOCENCE BESIEGED BY BLIND JUDGEMENT, AVARICE, ENVY AND PERSECUTION, WHILE JUSTICE LOOKS ON

Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss
CHRISTOPH MURER
Zürich 1558 - 1614 Winterthur
AN ALLEGORY OF INNOCENCE BESIEGED BY BLIND JUDGEMENT, AVARICE, ENVY AND PERSECUTION, WHILE JUSTICE LOOKS ON

Pen and black ink and gray and brown wash, within brown ink framing lines, on two joined sheets of paper;
signed with the artist's initials and dated, lower centre: CM. 1608.
bears old attribution in brown ink, lower right: Christoph Maurer, geb. zu Zurich 1558 gest Winterthur 1614.
638 by 465 mm; 25⅛ by 18¼ in

Condition Report:
Hinge mounted along the upper edge to a modern cream mount. There is scattered foxing throughout the sheet and old vertical and horizontal folds down the centre of the sheet. With the exception of the foxing the work remains in superb condition, with the pen and wash fresh and vibrant throughout and the image strong. Sold in a modern giltwood frame.

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Provenance:
Max Egon Fürst zu Fürstenberg, Donaueschingen (L.2811);

Walter L. Strauss, New York (1922-1988),

thence by descent