Drawings

Christ Blessing the Children

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1940-1950
Accession number: 2000.5.1097
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954)
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (28.6 x 18.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lancets and quatrefoil. Left light shows scenes of four women holding children and leading others by the hand. Right light shows woman kneeling holding child, Christ in red over white and figure in blue next to him, blessing children. Christ has his left hand on a child's head. Female figure behind him. Behind, landscape and city with evening sky. Grisaille work above and below. Quatrefoil shows scroll over grisaillework, reading "SUFFER THE / LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME / UNTO ME".
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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