Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Drawings
Mary Virgin; Christ on Cross; Saint John
- Date
- ca. 1918
- Accession number
- 2000.5.822
- Makers
- designed by 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)
