URS GRAF THE ELDER (IN THE STILE OF) About 1485 Solothurn - before Oktober 13th, 1528 probably Basel CAMP MISTRESS Oil on oak panel. 55 x 34 cm (F. 70 x 51 cm). Verso: On the panel two old wax seals. Part. slightly rest., smaller retouching. Frame. The compositional starting point of the painting is a pen-and-ink drawing by the Swiss Renaissance artist, draughtsman, graphic and goldsmith Urs Graf. This drawing, dated 1525, is titled 'Portrait of a Camp Misstress'. Urs Graf, who worked as a craftsman in Basel and Solothurn, was also a 'Reisläufer' (late medieval Swiss mercenary). His masterly and extraordinary drawings as well as most of his artistic work show pictures of customs and moral furthermore the 'camp life' of the mercenaries - often with a 'certain ironic distance'. Provenance: Rhenish Private Collection.