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San Marino, CA 91108
Drawings
Reception of Souls into Paradise; Fortitude
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Accession number
- 2000.5.855
- Maker
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Designer
- designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
- Dimensions
- 9 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (24.4 x 4.8 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Single light, colored border of alternating flowers and crowns. Quarry ground. Top panel of light shows the reception of a soldier into Paradise; Christ in red reaching out to soldier in armor and blue tunic, scroll above their heads. Below, Fortitude in armor and blue tunic, holding broken sword and shield full of arrows. Shield in bottom left corner.
- 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)
