Drawings

Christ Blessing the Children

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1934
Accession number: 2000.5.73
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (25.1 x 21.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor, ink and graphite on paper
Description: Rectangular panel with floral border and scroll along the top which reads "suffer little children to come unto me". Christ is seated at left in red robe, reaching out to two young children in front of him. Two women at right bringing other children, and two women at left carrying infants. Smaller child seated just below Christ in foreground. Large tree in 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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