Drawings

Annunciation; Visitation

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1910
Accession number: 2000.5.55
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)
Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (23.2 x 13.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and quatrefoil showing angel playing harp. Left light shows the Annunciation - Gabriel with red wings, Virgin in patterned white over blue, tree with serpent between, and dove over it. Right light shows the Visitation - St. Elizabeth at left, and Virgin at right, in square room with blue drapery across background.
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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