Drawings

Saint Gabriel; Angel; Christ as Redeemer; Angel; Saint Raphael

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1935
Accession number: 2000.5.1043
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); William Henry Knight(Opens in new tab) (British, 1823–1863)
Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (29.5 x 26 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Five lights and tracer of seraph heads and above, two seraph heads and minstrel angels with dulcimer and horn. Left light shows St. Gabriel in green over white holding open book, standing on bank of stream. Second light shows angel kneeling to right on floral turf. Third light shows Christ as redeemer in red, holding orb, wearing crown, light emanating from him and seraph heads around him. He is standing on rock with water running through it. Fourth light shows angel kneeling to left seraph heads above. Fifth light shows St. Raphael in blue over white, holding book and sword. Bottom panel has been cut out. Sketch in pencil below, resembling scroll.
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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