Drawings

Archangel Gabriel; Mary Virgin

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1924
Accession number: 2000.5.956
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 5 in. (19.7 x 12.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and tracery. Left light shows Gabriel the archangel in red and gold with blue wings informing Mary of the coming event. The right panel shows Mary, standing with hands clasped listening. Both figures are presented in front of quarries standing on grass.
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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