Drawings
Saint Mary Magdalene; Mary Virgin; Christ as Love; Saint John
- Date
- ca. 1921
- Accession number
- 2000.5.875
- 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
- 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
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
