Drawings

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; Saint Christopher

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1922
Accession number: 2000.5.924
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 4 in. (24.8 x 10.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and tracery. Left light depicts St. Elizabeth of Hungary holding a sceptre in right hand and a basket of flowers in left. She is standing by the river with a forest behind her. She is wearing a gold brocade mantle over a blue gown. Her halo is red and she is wearing a crown. The right light shows St. Christopher with a child (Christ) on his right shoulder and holding a sprouting staff with both hands. A forest is in the background behind. Beneath both figures is a band of green, red and blue with flowers and a name scroll on top of foliage. Angel with dulcimer in tracery above.
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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