Drawings

Tree of Jesse

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1923
Accession number: 2000.5.466
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 22 1/4 x 23 3/8 in. (56.5 x 59.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Tree of Jesse window - nine panels, central panel of Mary and child, Adam and Eve on left and right panels, respectively - foliage grounds- various tracery above showing animals, planets, angels, zodiac signs, Christ in top quatrefoil.
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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