Drawings

Ascension with Various Saints

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1903
Accession number: 2000.5.658
Makers: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 12 in. (41.3 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Five lancets with blue tracery above, two quatrefoils and trefoils, showing chalice, crown and dove descending; two quatrefoils with angels at left and right; from left to right figures in lancets are Matthew, Mark, Christ's Ascension, Luke, John, 6 over tier from left to right St Peter, St Mary Magdalene, the Resurrection, Mary Virgin, St Paul; landscaped backgrounds, scrolls with name above their heads
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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