Drawings

Sermon on the Mount

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 2000.5.657
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (37.8 x 27 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Five lancets, rounded - left to right show figures of St. John (in yellow) and St. James (in red and blue) on landscaped ground; central 3 show Christ on mount in red with crowds of men, women and children around him - landscape background; beneath are 5 smaller panels with heraldry and scroll reading " LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN; " above rays emanating from large tree in clouds, dove descending
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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