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Chancel East Window

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Type
Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date
ca. 1864
Accession number
2000.5.474
Maker
Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers
Ford Madox Brown(Opens in new tab) (British, 1821–1893)
Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti(Opens in new tab) (British, 1828–1882)
Philip Webb(Opens in new tab) (British, 1831–1915)
Dimensions
14 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (37.8 x 26 cm.)
Medium
watercolor and ink on paper
Description
Fourteen large windows. The upper seven windows depict Christ and the prophets (St. Elizabeth, Anna Prophetessa, Mary Virgin, St. Mary Magdalene, Martha, Mary of Bethany, St. John Baptist, St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John Evangelist, St. Paul). The central panel shows Christ in majesty crowned with an orb. The three panels to his left and right are double tiered with images of the prophets. The lower seven windows depict the prophets of the old testament (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, Joseph of Nazareth, Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Elijah). The central image shows St. Peter with Agnus Dei below. The three panels to his left and right are double tiered.
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)
This design was for one of the earliest large-scale commissions to be received by the firm. The window consists of fourteen main panels and nearly three-dozen tracery panels. To emphasize the importance of the central panel, the firm has enlarged the figures of St. Peter in the lower tier and Christ in Majesty in the upper tier in contrast to the other saints. Philip Webb was largely responsible for the layout of these early commissions as well as for the geometric background pattern inspired by medieval precedent. The coloring of the windows was left to Morris, who aimed to achieve a jewel-like quality in the colored glass.

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