Drawings

Saint Gabriel; Christ as Salvator Mundi; Saint Michael

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1919
Accession number: 2000.5.839
Makers: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (26.7 x 13.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass. Three light and two trefoils of angels playing pipes, one quatrefoil of chalice. Left light shows St Gabriel in white over armor, red wings, holding staff and lilies. Central light shows Christ in white over red- ladscape background. Right light shows St Michael in golden armor, blue sash, red wings, standing on devil. Starry sky above in all, foliage below with scroll under Christ and shields under saints.
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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