Drawings
Adoration of the Magi
- Date
- ca. 1939
- Accession number
- 2000.5.463
- Makers
- adapted by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Designer
- designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
- Dimensions
- 13 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (33.7 x 18.4 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Three lights and tracery. Left light depicts Joseph and angel with dulcimer; central light shows Mary and Christ in manger with angel holding star above and dove descending; right light shows the three kings (magi) with an angel with dulcimer. There are six angels depicted above in tracery. Landscape background, and scroll below central scene with briar rose behind.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
