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Johann Wilhelm Baur (Strasbourg 1600-1641 Vienna)
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Johann Wilhelm Baur (Strasbourg 1600-1641 Vienna)

Christ presented before the people

Closed26 January 2012

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Johann Wilhelm Baur (Strasbourg 1600-1641 Vienna)
Christ presented before the people
signed 'Wilh Baür Inüentor. Fecit'
bodycolor, pen and black ink on vellum laid down on a thin panel
7¼ x 10 3/8 in. (18.3 x 26.4 cm.)

with Smolka, Vienna, where acquired, circa 1964 (according to Steinberg's notes).

Specialist note

For comparable works by Baur that share his distinctive subject matter of religious narratives placed in detailed architectural settings with dramatic perspective and jewel-like tones, see The martyrdom of Saint Justina, and other examples in the Louvre (Inv. 18503bis).