Drawings

Saint James the Greater; Martyrdom of Saint James

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1930
Accession number: 2000.5.1010
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. (28.3 x 9.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Single lancet. In panel above, figure of St. James in blue over white, bearded, holding crook and bottle in right hand, book in left. Set against patterned red drapery in background, tiled floor. Name written beneath. in panel below, Martyrdom of St. James shows figure in blue lying on ground being beaten with a club; two other figures shown. Very top and bottom and between panels is vine design.
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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