Drawings

Truth; Liberty; Knowledge; Religion; Justice; Prudence; Christ as Love; Humility

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1902
Accession number: 2000.5.58
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (41.3 x 29.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Four lights and tracery, with figures in two tiers in main lights. In the upper tier are Truth, Liberty, Knowledge and Faith. In the lower tier are Justice, Prudence, Christ as Love and Humility. All are set against blue drapery backgrounds, with dense foliage and flowers above, extending into the lower parts of the tracery. The tracery consists of three large five-foils showing at top, the Sun, at left the Moon and at right the Stars.
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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