Drawings

Saint Christopher; Saint Francis

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1923
Accession number: 2000.5.950
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 7/8 x 5 in. (22.5 x 12.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and quatrefoil. Left panel shows a young St. Christopher with a child on left shoulder standing in a stream. He is holding a stick and wearing a red tunic. The right panel shows St. Francis in monk's garments with a bird eating out of his left hand and birds above and below him. Both figures are in a landscape setting. This angel in the quatrefoil above is playing a dulcimer.
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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