Drawings

Christ's Charge to Saint Peter

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1934
Accession number: 2000.5.1028
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (18.1 x 11.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Single light and two tracery lights. In main light, Christ in white standing before St. Peter, who is kneeling on the ground wearing red over blue. Three other figures standing to the left, landscape and city in background. Scroll below and shield, the scroll reads "IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM HEWITSON / THE FIRST MASTER OF THIS COLLEGE / ERECTED BY OLD KNOX MEN". Tracery lights above show, on left, St. Paul in white over red holding book and sword; on right, Isaiah in white over yellow holding pen, against blue 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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