Drawings

Saint Raphael; Saint Michael; Saint Gabriel

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1935
Accession number: 2000.5.1036
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Ford Madox Brown(Opens in new tab) (British, 1821–1893); William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (27 x 15.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights and tracery. Left light shows St. Raphael in blue robe with green and gold cope, holding crozier (green-winged). Central light shows St. Michael in armor and red and blue cloak, holding lance, sword and red cross shield (yellow-winged). Right light shows St. Gabriel in white robe with blue and gold cloak, holding lilies (green-winged). Quarry grounds. All are standing on floral turf - in panels below, mulit-colored rose border and name scrolls on quarry ground. Tracery is three-rounded lights showing (from left to right) minstrel angels with pipe, dulcimer and clarinet.
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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