Drawings

Baptism of Christ

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1930
Accession number: 2000.5.1002
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (27 x 20.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and tracery. Four tracery lights showing angels holding lilies, horn (this angel in armor with sword and shield), with staff and with open book. Two main lights show Baptism of Christ. Left light shows Christ in pool, hands in prayer, two angels behind him, holding robes. Right light shows St. John in hair shirt holding staff and bowl of water over Christ's head. An angel with palm stands to right. Landscape background of rocks and trees.
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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