Drawings

Saint Mary Magdalene; Mary Virgin; Christ as Love; Saint John

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1921
Accession number: 2000.5.875
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (27.3 x 21.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Four lights and tracery. From left to right: St. Mary Magdalene in red and green, holding skirts; Mary Virgin in blue over red, hands clasped; Christ as Love ("Salvator Mundi in name scroll") in white over red, holding cross as living tree, gesturing to chalice on ground; St. John in red over green, hands clasped. Quarry grounds above and below. Blue background - figures standing on tiled floors, name scrolls above their heads. Tracery above of sprays of lilies and roses.
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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