Drawings

Saint Peter

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1921
Accession number: 2000.5.911
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 4 in. (20.6 x 10.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Single light. St. Peter is depicted holding keys in lefthand and book in right. He is wearing a green and gold brocade gown over reddish brown robes. He is depictedon a ground of blue scrolls and tiled floor. The light is divided with an area of stylized vines with a scroll. The stylised vines are also above. The figure is depicted with a beard but no face.
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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