Drawings

Mary Virgin; Christ as Love; Saint John

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1927
Accession number: 2000.5.976
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: 6 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (16.2 x 14 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights. Left light shows Mary patterned white over red, hands together in prayer. Central light shows Christ with cross as living tree, gesturing to chalice on ground - Christ in red. Right light shows St. John in patterned white over red. All figures against blue drapery backgrounds and landscape/sky background.
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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