Drawings

Guardian Angel with Children; Angel with Scroll; Saint Michael; Angel with Scroll; Guardian Angel with Boy; Isaac; Samuel; Christ as Boy; Saint John Baptist; Timothy

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1927
Accession number: 2000.5.980
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); William Henry Knight(Opens in new tab) (British, 1823–1863)
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (27.3 x 30.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Ten lights and tracery depicting seraph heads. Upper five lights show an angel with a child an angel with a scroll, St. Gabriel, an angel with a scroll, and an angel with a boy. All are in white with red wings except for Gabriel who wears armor. The lower five lights show Isaac with a bundle of sticks, Samuel looking towards central panel, Christ as a young boy with his hands outstretched upward and a banner above his head, St. John the Baptist with a cloth and a flag, and Timothy readign a book. All stand in front of curtains alternating red and blue with tiles beneath their feet and stylized foliage behind the curtains.
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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