Drawings

Baptism of Christ

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1953
Accession number: 2000.5.759
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Attributed: Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954)
Dimensions: 8 x 5 5/8 in. (20.3 x 14.3 cm.) mount (board): 10 1/4 x 7 in. (26 x 17.8 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper on board
Description: Three lancets with tracery and starry sky above;left lancet shows two angels in red and blue, holding Christ's robes; central lancet shows Christ in stream, hands in prayer, John holding plate of water over his head - right lancet shows two angels in red, and white over blue - landscaped background.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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