Drawings

Saint Veronica; Mary Virgin; Martha

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1919
Accession number: 2000.5.838
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 9 in. (24.1 x 22.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass. Three lights and tracery - colored borders on lights, alternating crowns and leaves. Quarries in background. Left light shows St Veronica in red holding up handkerchief, which displays face of Christ. Central light shows Mary Virgin in blue over red, lilies above her head. Right light shows Martha in brown over green, holding keys and pail.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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