Drawings

Christ in the Carpenter's Shop

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1935
Accession number: 2000.5.1034
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Attributed: William Henry Knight(Opens in new tab) (British, 1823–1863)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights. Left light shows two carpenters holding wooden plank and saw. Central light shows Christ in red at the bench, furniture and shavings around him, minstrel angels above. Right light shows Mary in blue, seated, Joseph behind her in red, with hammer and chisel. All shown inside wooden building with open top which shows landscape beyond.
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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