Drawings

Mary Virgin; Christ on Cross; Saint John

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1918
Accession number: 2000.5.822
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 9 x 5 1/4 in. (22.9 x 13.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass. Three lancets and tracery above which continues image. Left lancet shows angel in sky with sun and Mary Virgin below in white over red and blue. Central lancet shows Christ on cross (living tree), serpent and rocks below, scroll above and branches. Right lancet shows angel in sky holding moon, below St John in white over red. Below is crest on foliage ground - under Christ is a scroll that reads "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS;" THAT BELOW mARY HAS BEEN ERASED/ BLACKENED OUT.
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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