The Descent from the Cross

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Artist/Maker	Christoph Murer (illustrator)
Place of origin	Zurich (drawn)

Drawing in monochrome, pen and ink and wash, depicting the Descent from the Cross, with St. Ulrich and the Archangel Gabriel.

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Categories	Stained Glass Drawings Designs Biblical Imagery
Object type	Stained glass design
Title	The Descent from the Cross (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and wash. Drawing Wash Technique
Brief description	Christoph Murer. The Descent from the Cross. Zürich, 1599
Physical description	Drawing in monochrome, pen and ink and wash, depicting the Descent from the Cross, with St. Ulrich and the Archangel Gabriel.
Dimensions	Height: 39cm Width: 29.9cm Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan (ed.) Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980 London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983
Credit line	Given by the National Art-Collections Fund
Subjects depicted	Stained Glass Christianity Jerusalem Jesus The Descent From the Cross
Bibliographic references	Lambert, Susan (ed.) Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980 London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983 Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.613-1936

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O736005/the-descent-from-the-cross-stained-glass-design-christoph-murer/

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