Drawings

Saint Christopher; Virgin and Child

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1923
Accession number: 2000.5.949
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in. (21 x 12.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and tracery. Left light depicts St. Christopher standing in stream with child on left shoulder and holding a staff. Right panel shows the Virgin and Child. Both sets of figures are in a landscape setting. A village is behind Mary. An angel with dulcimer is 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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