Drawings
Christ on the Cross with Mary Virgin, Saint John, and Soldiers
- Date
- ca. 1921
- Accession number
- 2000.5.869
- Maker
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Designers
- designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
- designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
- Dimensions
- 16 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (41 x 25.7 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Three lights, multifoil and tracery. Left light shows angel above holding sun, soldiers and two Marys below, with soldiers holding banners. Central light shows Christ on the cross as tree, Mary Virgin weeping below, soldiers and city behind. Right light shows St. John in supplication, soldiers with banners, city behind, angel above holding moon. Multifoil (5 lobes of foliage) shows Virgin and Child. Bottom panels of three lights show scroll on foliage background.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
