Drawings

Design for Stained Glass

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1911
Accession number: 2000.5.725
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 12 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (32.7 x 36.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Window with arched top, divided into five lancets, central lancet divided horizontally into two sections - left to right: St Gabriel (holding staff, in red robes), Mary, sister of Lazarus (red robes, wringing hands), Mary Virgin (blue patterned robes - holding book and lilies), Martha (red robes, holding bucket), St Michael (in armor, holding shield and banner) - all against background of tall lilies with two large trees set among square quarries with formal sprays - scroll below Mary, Virgin.
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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