Drawings

The Baptism of Christ; Christ Blessing the Children

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1924
Accession number: 2000.5.668
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 3 x 3 7/8 in. (7.6 x 9.8 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two stained glass panels with two rows of yellow quarries at the top of each and scrolls below each scene; scene in left panel is the Baptism of Christ (Christ standing in water, in loin cloth, angels standing around); scene at right is Christ Blessing the children (Christ seated, mother's holding and bringing children to him) - in greens, yellows and browns.
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)

You might also be interested in