Drawings

Crucifixion

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1921
Accession number: 2000.5.866
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: 14 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (36.8 x 22.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights and tracery depicting Crucifixion. Christ is in central panel with Mary below. A crowd of soldiers with flags surround the apostles and Christ. Above the flags are two angels, on the left the angel holds a sun, the angel on the right holds a moon. Agnus Dei is depicted in the tracery above. The lamb is surrounded by the instruments of the Passion in the five lobes. The tracery is a later addition.
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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