Drawings

Christ as a Boy with his Parents Outside the Temple

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1937
Accession number: 2000.5.1063
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by William Henry Knight(Opens in new tab) (British, 1823–1863)
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (14 x 11.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two round-headed lights. Left light shows Mary in blue, Christ in patterned white, and Joseph in brown over green. Two figures stand behind them, before steps to temple. Beyond them can be seen landscape with palm trees. Right light shows three figures at the top of the temple steps, red drapery backgrounds.
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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