Drawings

Saint Luke; Saint Gabriel; Virgin and Child; Saint Michael; Saint John

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1947
Accession number: 2000.5.1078
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954)
Dimensions: 7 x 10 3/4 in. (17.8 x 27.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Five lights and tracery. Left light shows St. Luke in green and red over blue, holding book and pen - his emblem, a winged ox behind him. Second light shows St. Gabriel in blue and green over white, holding staff and lilies. Third light shows Virgin and Child, Virgin in blue. Fourth light shows St. Michael in red and gold armor, holding staff, standing on Devil. Fifth light shows St. John in red over blue, with eagle emblem behind him, holding pen and open book. Backgrounds of grisaille work, multi-colored borders. Name-scrolls below. Blue tracery lights.
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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